[WikiEN-l] BJAODN restored again

[The Cunctator]

On 6/7/07, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/6/07, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Also, I don't have anything against making it a choice. Just that it
> > would be helpful if it were the default. That we act like it's
> > important to credit IP addresses is a sign of a broken policy.
>
> By default we are required to credit everyone. Whether they edit as a
> name or a number is not relevant.

They're not editing as a number. Remember that for a long time we
obscured the leading digits of IP addresses when displaying non-logged
in edits. Are those edits not properly credited? Going down this line
of reasoning rapidly leads to silliness.

> The proportion of significant
> content (i.e. whole paragraphs) added by IP users is higher than you
> think. There was a study on this, I'll see if I can find it.

It's not higher than I think. I'm pretty cognizant of how Wikipedia functions.

I would love it if those who profess to care about pure GFDL
compliance would do something about restoring the lost edit histories
in the 2001-2002 period of a large number of entries.