Anonymous Contributors And Contributions

In Apr05 I saw a statement in a sister site where the administrator said:

Anonymous contributions are welcomed. Anonymous contributors are not.

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Do we have something similar on WardsWiki? I am aware Ward has previously stated the preference for anon contributions to be unsigned, but it is not the same as the above statement.

• Is Wards preference based on the preference for DocumentMode pages? Whilst there is a discussion of content going on, people need to be identified, even if temporarily, so the proper context is kept. Any one objects to that line of thinking?

I suppose the statement was made due to experience that "new anonymous contributors" often resist compliance to existing WikiSocialNorms, and many even enjoy debating as an end in itself.

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BTW there are a lot of pages on identities, user names, etc and I think interested and capable (rules me out) community members should get together to do a lot of RefactorByCondensingConversation. We need good and balanced guidance for new members of the community who can use RealNames.

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On RegularContributors, Ward clearly states: Finally, in a few cases it wasn't clear to me who made the contributions so I identified the pages with the author's host machine. There is nothing wrong with being anonymous.

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AnonymousOnPurpose for now. But regulars know who I am.