Why in the world are we now giving anon users the option to create user pages? Talk pages are a good idea but please don't display an edit link to "View user page" on anon talk pages. We don't want to give them too much since that will only result in fewer of them actually signing up for and using a user account (which is still something we want to encourage, no?).

That was simply a side effect of the new Talk code. However, I'm not sure it needs to be changed. Just today I talked to an anonymous user who told me that he would only login when at home, but who had a fixed IP address. By using the "View user page" link, he could put a redirect to his normal user page on it. I think that sidebar link is too obscure to be abused but can have reasonable uses. At the same time, the more frequently displayed user link in recent changes still points to the user contributions.

If it's not wanted, I can take it out, though. Any other opinions?

Regards,

Erik