Thread:Merrystar/@comment-5137743-20140205075821/@comment-1038387-20140205113703

Many wikis are locked to anons completely - sometimes through the wiki's choice, sometimes because Wikia demanded it because of COPPA.

Additionally, it's no shame to protect high traffic or high profile pages for new and anonymous editors. As long as it's not admin only. You can protect templates and main page for admins only.