On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 9:51 AM, altally <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Apoc 2400 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Yes, it's not that difficult to create an account and wait a few days is >> > it? >> > >> You are making the mistake of assuming newcomers think like "addicted" >> Wikipedians or persistent troublemakers. This user only ever made about 25 >> edits and stayed just over a month, unless he or she got an account or >> switched IP. >> >> This goes in the same category as: >> "Anyone with good intentions can get through the 6757836 step New Article >> Wizard, so it's not too complicated" >> "It doesn't matter if someone gets wrongly blocked, because they can just >> request to be unblocked." >> > > When I started, I created an account from the beginning. Why? Because it > wasn't hard to notice the big "Sign in/create account" link in the corner. > Newbies aren't all clueless idiots. You are making the mistake of assuming > newcomers all have no idea what they are doing. > > --Majorly
Is it enough that *some* users are savvy enough to make an account right from the start? No one is saying that such barriers would stop *all* new editors. Even small percentages matter over the long run. I suspect many old editors are more like me, who made a few anonymous edits and only eventually committed to an account, than like you. -- gwern _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
