Same reason as why autoconfirmed even exists: Prevent throwaway accounts.
On Nov 20, 2008, at 8:52 PM [Nov 20, 2008 ], Erik Moeller wrote: > I'm sorry for being behind the curve on this, but could someone point > me to a discussion or policy explaining when & why the requirement to > be autoconfirmed in order to upload files was created? Doesn't this > just shift whatever problem it tries to solve to Commons, which > doesn't have that restriction? > > -- > Erik Möller > Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
