On 02/09/06, gmu 2k6 <gmu2006(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'm running a wiki at work and a coworker asked me
to require login
for any article editing so that he can see who created/modified the
article. my point is that the barrier to surf-by-editing is too high with
logins required. then he said that people can use Cookies to be
logged in always.
what do you guys think? I'm trying to form a well-informed opinion
for the discussion.
I think that even in a limited internal corporate environment it will
be more fruitful to allow edits from users who are not logged in. That
way people have the option to contribute ideas which are judged on
their own merit rather than according to the idenity of the
contributor. Most people will want to be logged in and have their
words attributed, but the extra contributions from anonymous editors
will add more value which would otherwise be lost.
--
Andy Roberts
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/