On 28 May 2010 17:18, Gwern Branwen gwern0@gmail.com wrote:
Jimbo himself admits that banning all anons from page creation didn't do much of anything to help.
He's not talking about banning unregistered/unconfirmed users from creating pages. I think he is talking about tightening up on article creation generally, though in what way I'm unsure.
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In any case, he certainly has a point. Having to wade through the nonsense that gets submitted to Wikipedia is a huge time leech. Suggesting otherwise is silly.
AGK