Re: Wiki access policy

Bill Frantz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.e.general
Message-ID <r02010500-1049-224CA848D2CC11DC85790030658F0F64@[192.168.1.5]>
[email protected] (James Graves) on Saturday, February 2, 2008 wrote:

>> I think this is slightly too much of a barrier to entry, because it  
>> requires contacting a sysop.
>
>This is definitely a concern.  I'm still worried that even requiring an 
>account to edit is too much a barrier to entry.  But I have no way to 
>easily measure that.

I can testify that it is a barrier to contribution.  I promised
almost a year ago to have a go at the KeyKOS entry in Widipedia.  I
kind of think that if I make major contributions, I should do it
under some stable name, which means an account.  On the other hand,
I haven't set up an account for reasons that aren't justifiable, or
even admitting to description, although I assure you they are quite
real.

Cheers - Bill

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