https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42894
--- Comment #2 from Snowolf <[email protected]> --- Disabling anonymous editing entirely is absolutely out of the question, disabling createtalk should be out of the question too. While disabling the creation of pages by anonymous users might be a required as useful thing, undesirable as it anyway is, disabling the ability of anonymous users to comment on articles, discuss them and so on is unacceptable imo. We encourage users to use talk page to discuss changes, and we block them if they repeatedly try to shove their changes without engaging in discussion. It is ridiculous to forbid them from engaging in discussions unless somebody has created a talk page too. This also applies to COI issues, where it is desirable that the subject of an article not edit said article directly but comment on inaccuracies on the talk page. I suggest that the createtalk request be rejected and not implemented. It is, I believe, unprecedented, and shows a very distressing attitude towards our valued anonymous contributors. It should also be noted that there are plenty of reasons why you'd want abusive users on IPs and not on accounts. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
