Since it is
already possible to restrict editing mediawiki to regisistered
users, seems like a simple, useful thing to add authentication of the email
address.
I agree. It'd be a useful feature. And according to Rob Church it's
a feature already in the system. It's not the default, because
mediawiki is *wiki* software, and it's not a very wiki-like thing to
restrict editing.
Could someone explain to me why an email verification of the user that
is about to edit on your wiki is restricting editing?!
Mischa