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{{Closed|resolved|The community is overwhelmingly opposed to restricting anonymous editing on The Sims Wiki}}
Today, [[w:c:Community:User blog:BertH/Anonymous editing and your community|staff has announced]] that local wiki administrators will be able to disable editing by anonymous/unregistered users. This is the first time that Wikia has placed this ability in the hands of local users. However, deciding to allow or prohibit anonymous editing is a significant decision that should be made on a community level, not an administrative one. Therefore, I'm bringing the matter up here for consideration. The question is simply whether we want to allow editing by anonymous users, or restrict anonymous user edits.
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I know I'm not an admin or anything, so I'm sorry if I wasn't supposed to post here. [[User:Vpetmad|Vpetmad]] ([[User talk:Vpetmad|talk]]) 16:13, July 23, 2015 (UTC)
:I just want to say that this is a community discussion, so you are very much supposed to post here. We need everyone's input, and not just admins. :) -- [[User:Icemandeaf|Icemandeaf]] ([[User talk:Icemandeaf|talk]]) 16:21, July 23, 2015 (UTC)
{{oppose|Strong oppose}} Everyone has stated my reasons above, but I personally have known some really good anon editors. They had their reasons for not making an account and wanted to edit as an anon. I think if we block anon users from editing, this would make our community smaller and discourage some users from editing, good editors. So for all these reasons, I strongly oppose restricting anonymous editing. --[[User:S*pphir3 St*rdust|S*pphir3 St*rdust]] ([[User talk:S*pphir3 St*rdust|talk]]) 16:48, July 23, 2015 (UTC)
{{oppose|Strong oppose}} - While I've never been the first to praise anonymous editors, I started off as an anon myself, mainly because I had difficulties establishing my account because I didn't know how to confirm my password without assistance, and because there was a bug that used to make me re-confirm or change my password each time I logged in.
While most of the vandalism comes from anonymous editors, most of the contributions that come from anons are in good faith. And if a user '''really''' wants to vandalise, they'll just mass create vandal / troll only accounts (e.g. [[User:MachkovichMonster777|CoryMach7]] or [[User:ILoveSims19|ILoveSims19]]).
Truth be told, an anonymous vandal isn't as bad as a registered one because when you're registered, you're able to join chat, upload images, move pages etc. And a lot of vandals can't be bothered signing up (unless they're dedicated). But forcing people to edit as a registered users may mean more registered vandals. ― '''[[User:C.Syde65|<font color="maroon">C.Syde</font>]]''' ([[User talk:C.Syde65|<font color="black">talk</font>]] | [[:Special:Contributions/C.Syde65|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]) 06:16, July 27, 2015 (UTC)
==Resolution==
The response to this thread is overwhelmingly in favor of maintaining anonymous editor access to The Sims Wiki. I personally had no doubt in this outcome, but it's a relief to see the idea of restricting access so unanimously opposed. In any case, this principle now has the weight of the community behind it as established consensus. It is resolved. - '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<font color="navy">LostInRiverview</font>]]<sup> [[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] • [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]] • [[Special:Contributions/LostInRiverview|<font color="green">contribs</font>]]</sup>''' 00:54, July 28, 2015 (UTC)
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