The Sims Wiki talk:User Created Contests

Should unregistered users be able to make contests?
Here's a very interesting question:

Should unregistered users be able to make contests?

You can be on either side. There's advantages and disadvantages to both.

Advantages

 * No confusion about how to contact the user


 * You can easily contact them in case something's wrong with their contest

Disadvantages

 * The community won't be as open to unregistered users


 * You'll have to make an account to make a contest, even if that's the only thing you plan on doing on the site

Advantages

 * Unregistered users won't have to become a member


 * Unregistered users are treated more equal to registered members

Disadvantages

 * A user can make a contest, and you may have a question about it, and you might never get an answer


 * They could give email addresses or websites to go to, which could lead to spamming

They should be able to

 * 1) Vote

They shouldn't be able to

 * 1)  Bleeh  Lions make you brave, giants give you faith...♥ 01:57, February 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2)  Walker guy94  [ MyTalk  ] 08:46, February 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 22:34, June 20, 2010 (UTC)

New Contest
If I ever create a new contest, how will people be notified? Will they know about it? Or will it remain dusty and full of spiderwebs until anyone would ever know it?  Nikel  Talk  10:16, January 24, 2012 (UTC)