--- Sam Korn <smoddy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/5/05, Walter van Kalken
<walter(a)vankalken.net> wrote:
What is this:
"This site has restricted the ability to create new pages. If you wish
to create a new page, you must first create an account or log in
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Userlogin>.
If you'd rather not create an account or log in, consider listing a
request for someone else to create the page here
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles>."
Since when is this wikimedia policy to restrict this?
Since a few hours ago. It is more of a test than anything else. Brion
implemented it today on Jimbo's request a few hours ago, so that some
kind of results can be obtained. There is certainly not consensus
support for it in the community, though a large faction certainly do
agree. I think this is "wait and see" time.
For the record, I very strongly support this. This is due to the fact that almost all,
not just
most, new pages created by anons on the English Wikipedia are borderline to complete
crap.