2010/12/24 HW <[email protected]> > Reply > > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:06:34 +0100 > From: Huib Laurens <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fw? About WM private policy > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > The question should be: IS "EDIT" EQUAL TO "CREATE"? > > Thanks. > HW > > The Wikimedia Foundation does not require that individuals create a user account in order to make any kind of editing. However, the local project community (in this discussion - English Wikipedia) decides on what can and cannot be done without a user account. Many (most?) language editions of Wikipedia allow anonymous users to create articles but the English Wikipedia does not allow it. This decision on English Wikipedia was taken primarily as a deterrence against SPAM - not taken for privacy policy reasons. Also, it was taken by the Wikipedia community, not by the Wikimedia Foundation. This decision could be changed in the future if the English Wikipedia community formed consensus amongst themselves to do so.
I hope that helps, -Liam _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
