Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-4620507-20130806194950/@comment-5643552-20130806233350

As Maria said, anonymous vandalism is a lot rarer than one might think. Many of the so-called "vandalism" edits I've seen by anons seem to me to be more like test edits, and they are NOT hard to deal with. Furthermore, many anons don't know what is and isn't considered acceptable on this wiki or wikis in general. I'm willing to bet if we trusted anons a little more rather than indefinitely block them for perceived slights, they might be more encouraged to register accounts and become a part of the community.

Preventing anonymous editing would also prevent many potential editors from registering because they wouldn't see the point in creating an account in the first place. Wikis are supposed to be open, after all. Dealing with a little "vandalism" every now and then is a small price to pay for opening up to potential good contributors, which we NEED MORE OF.