Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5056929-20121202212603/@comment-1785597-20121203104228

121.79.199.85 wrote:

2) Yes. Actually, most people would and do shorten that to "121", name enough for me.

3) That's really hurtful to know that, and slightly anger-inducing. Why should account owners be more "trustable" then anons? Why, I ask? Why?

4) By not having an account, I can still be recognized and do the jobs that a rollbacker, admin, or bureaucrat could, though probably not on the same level, AND I dont need to have a password and everything.

5) There shouldn't be a need to make an account for the sole reason of recognition, or more access to things.

6) There's a category for pages that makes them uneditable by anons, and that is just sad that it even exists. Trust me, I have seen it before, on another wiki. I'm going to reword your response to make it easier to address each point.

2) That was a rhetorical question, and even if it wasn't, I would be expecting a no. I'm surprised by your answer. Why anyone would rather be recognized by their IP address, rather than a name, is just beyond absurd to me.

3) It is hurtful, but blame all the idiots on Wikia who waste their time spamming. As for your question, it's a simple answer really. Anonymous users across Wikia are usually spammers and vandalizers. Admins are forced on a regular basis to deal with anonymous editors who spam. Admins are forced to check edits by anonymous editors since there is a rather large chance that it's vandalism. That's why there's typically no trust in anonymous editors at first. And because of that, any constructive edits made by anonymous editors are usually overlooked and ignored.

4) "Can". Doesn't mean you will. Hate to break it to you, but that is very likely to not happen if you remain anonymous.

5) Tell that to every forum, social networking site, airline websites, e-mailing site, and any other website you come across.

6) There are pages that are commonly vandalized by spammers, therefore the pages are changed so only registered users can edit them. It's not discrimination as you make it out to be, but more of "precautions" and it saves people the trouble of fixing the vandalism.

If you don't mind, why do you refrain from creating an account so much?