Vorticity and I have been in discussions about a policy change we'd like to make, and while we agree its a good idea, we wanted an opinion first.
We would like to disable anonymous editing via IP address and make people register an account, for the following reasons:
1. Anon editors have no reason whatsoever to follow any rules nor are bound to follow them (it's implied) unless they sign in with an account, where such an agreement is made explicit.
2. Better spam protection. We've had a few spam IPs show up on ATT, and this would further frustrate anonymous spammers.
3. Better integration with specific features: Some pages require signing your username or may require this, and IP addresses are a very poor means of identification.
Before we request such a change, we'd like to hear any opinions you guys might have on this.
We would like to disable anonymous editing via IP address and make people register an account, for the following reasons:
1. Anon editors have no reason whatsoever to follow any rules nor are bound to follow them (it's implied) unless they sign in with an account, where such an agreement is made explicit.
2. Better spam protection. We've had a few spam IPs show up on ATT, and this would further frustrate anonymous spammers.
3. Better integration with specific features: Some pages require signing your username or may require this, and IP addresses are a very poor means of identification.
Before we request such a change, we'd like to hear any opinions you guys might have on this.