Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-6296238-20130627001927

Okay as Coppa is being updated most large wikis are having their anonymous editing abilities taken away so that Wikia stays on the good side of the federal law. What I propose is that as a large wiki we enable anonymous users (dubbed anons) to contribute to the site once again. Doing so not only will up our popularity (we get much more page views and edits) but allow us to grow larger and larger over time.

Now I will adress some of the concerns you may have.

1. Can anonymous users chat?

A. No, only registered users may chat.

2. What about vandal attacks?

A. We have MUCH more advanced tools than we have ever had before. Such as our AbuseFilter nicknamed Nicki. This single tool has the power to limit every single thing any user can do including anons. In the case of a serious vandal attack Nicki can disallow anonymous editing in just a few seconds. We also have the ability to impose a rate limit on anonymous edits so as to avoid vandalbots. There are also several Ajax scripts that allow users to undo edits in mere seconds. As for blocking anons, this is 100% possible. I will enable a script that will allow VCROC and Sysops to view the IP adress of the anonymous editors which allows us to block individual anons.

3. If all the other big wikis are having their anon editing removed then how will we be allowed to keep ours?

A. It depends on the audience that the wiki is targeted at. Most large wikis are about television shows which in return tend to attract a lot of underaged users. As a horror site we have very low risk for underaged users than most other wikis. Which means we won't have legal trouble with anons.

If you have anymore questions and concerns please list them below. All comments that do not contribute to the discussion will be removed. 