I thought it was just a matter of accountability. With a role account, there is no way of knowing who actually made an edit. On Apr 29, 2012 2:18 AM, "Richard Symonds" <[email protected]> wrote:
> All, > > Me and a close friend were having a rather heated debate tonight on the > topic of role accounts, and I am hoping you (as a community) can answer my > question: > > Why do we ban role accounts? > > I was of the understanding that it was something to do with > copyright/legal issues, but it's been a few years since I passed RfA, and > I'm struggling to remember the arguments that I once remembered so well. I > had a trawl through all the appropriate pages on meta and enwp, and > although I could find out that role accounts *were* blocked, I couldn't > see the justification behind it mentioned anywhere > > I'm not disagreeing with the policy, but I was wondering if anyone knew > the reasoning behind it - and why said reasoning isn't included in the > policy pages? > > All the best, > > Chase > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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