Thread:Hackey5/@comment-25407271-20160131181708/@comment-5645428-20160201064946

Indeed, it is almost logical that unregistered editors are locked out for convenience' sake. When the feature was introduced, this discussion was thorough in the relevant comments section. Yet, I believe we should allow freedom of this demographic rather than turning them away. I don't believe we should write off unregistered users, not before they have shown their intention of vandalising the wiki or positively contributing to it, and maybe even creating an account after reading the automated welcome message. But those users won't get that chance if we put them under the same label as vandals - unwanted. Are these vandals really that severe a problem? Have we ever critically failed in counteracting spam and vandalism, with those either registered or unregistered? In a way, I believe it is our duty of care to address those matters directly. That is the responsibility of both administrators and regular editors, and each here have proved more than competant and demonstrated their own ability to contribute and benefit the wiki. A wiki is something that anyone is able to edit. That is the main principle of a wiki, and I stand by it.