Forum:How do I prevent non-registered users creating and editing pages?

I've just started up a wikia, with the intentions of using it as an encyclopedia for my webcomic, and I would like to prevent anyone but registered users from posting to the wikia. How do I stop guest users?Andy Frogman 11:43, May 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * This isn't normally something that is offered by Wikia (although it has been offered in the past in some special circumstances). See the Wiki Creation policy for more details. You can contact staff to ask, but they tend to decline these requests. --  Random Time  11:54, May 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * So what you are saying is... our only protection agains spam is reactive? Andy Frogman 12:02, May 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * There are some proactive ways to protect against spam. For instance, you could ask staff to enable the AbuseFilter extension and then create filters that would prevent vandals from adding profanity to articles or removing large sections of articles.
 * To expand on Randomtime's answer, Wikia may temporarily block anonymous editing on a wiki in extreme circumstances. For instance, in the past some gaming wikis have requested that staff disable anonymous editing in the time period immediately before and after a major game release because they anticipate an increase in vandal activity which local admins would not be able to handle. --Gardimuer { ʈalk } 16:38, May 29, 2012 (UTC)