[Wikimedia-l] "Tweet this page" from some or all sites???

[Tomasz W. Kozlowski]

David Gerard wrote:

> (Someone noted on wikien-l that the "Oh Shit" moment in the editor
> graph coincides pretty well with the decision to lock down article
> creation on en:wp. Tiny inconveniences.)

It's been more than seven years since article creation was disabled for 
anonymous editors on the English Wikipedia, and I was not able to find 
any discussion that would suggest to re-enable it; quite the contrary, 
there had even been an attempt to limit it to the 'autoconfirmed 
group'[1] that was rejected by the developers community.

I heard from many people that it is a total disgrace for the movement 
that its biggest project does not allow all users to create new pages 
(specifically as there was, as I am told, no discussion about it); 
indeed, this is something that is regularly denied for all wikis 
requesting it even with overwhelming community support[2], as being in 
opposition to our founding principles[3].

If there is significant evidence that not having the 'createpage' user 
right for all users results in falling editor numbers, then it would 
probably be best to start a discussion to change it.

== References ==
* [1] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed_article_creation_trial>
* [2] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Limits_to_configuration_changes>
* [3] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Founding_principles>

-- Tomasz