Actually it happens quite frequently, usually with IPs turning redirects into articles. Though I've also seen articles that started by an IP creating the talkpage.
WereSpielChequers
On 11 January 2011 01:57, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
You're right, Gwern. It is not possible at present to create an article without registering and logging in. My mistake, thanks for the correction.
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I think that this is a distinction of technical (IPs creating articles from nothing) vs. philosophical (IPs creating articles out of redirects and talk pages, counts as an article creation)
Jon
On 01/11/2011 06:33 PM, WereSpielChequers wrote:
Actually it happens quite frequently, usually with IPs turning redirects into articles. Though I've also seen articles that started by an IP creating the talkpage.
WereSpielChequers
On 11 January 2011 01:57, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
You're right, Gwern. It is not possible at present to create an article without registering and logging in. My mistake, thanks for the correction.
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By the same concept, I have seen IPs deleting articles by turning them into redirects.
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:46 PM, core core@nonvocalscream.com wrote:
I think that this is a distinction of technical (IPs creating articles from nothing) vs. philosophical (IPs creating articles out of redirects and talk pages, counts as an article creation)
Jon
On 01/11/2011 06:33 PM, WereSpielChequers wrote:
Actually it happens quite frequently, usually with IPs turning redirects into articles. Though I've also seen articles that started by an IP creating the talkpage.
WereSpielChequers
On 11 January 2011 01:57, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
You're right, Gwern. It is not possible at present to create an article without registering and logging in. My mistake, thanks for the correction.
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