[Wikipedia-l] Require confirmed email address to upload images?

[Brad Patrick]

Explain how an unregistered "drive by" editor should be afforded more
respect than someone who participates, maintains a talk page, and has an
email available.  I don't understand your cultural perspective that places a
higher degree of importance on this than the other way around.

On 6/28/06, Tomasz Wegrzanowski <taw at users.sf.net> wrote:
>
> On 6/28/06, Kat Walsh <mindspillage at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Suggestions/thoughts/objections?
>
> A very strong objection from me.
>
> The Wikipedia is gradually getting less and less open
> and it's really becoming annoying.
> Already too many common actions require a registration.
> On English Wikipedia one cannot even create an article without a
> registration
> (as if registration meant anything),
> what in my opinion is a huge blow to our former openness.
>
> But a confirmed email addresses for uploading photos ?
> This is really way too sick. We would be annoying every single
> contributor while gaining absolutely nothing.
>
> We should rather get back to the situation where unregistered users
> have all the options available - editing pages, creating new articles,
> uploading pictures, moving articles, everything.
> Having to register doesn't stop a single vandal.
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