Thread:Semanticdrifter/@comment-1387259-20130701211028/@comment-4811793-20130701222839

You can request anon editing to be disabled via Special:Contact, although we do discourage it in most cases unless there is a compelling need. We do see a great deal of value in the ideal of editing being as open as possible, and the current change is more to do with COPPA update than an overall policy shift.