Forum:Requested disabling of anonymous editing

I've just noticed an anonymous editor on my Wiki, and have decided I'd rather not have anonymous editors on my Wiki. Is there any way of disabling them?-- 16:34, June 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Unless there's vandalism problem, it normally wont happen.
 * Before creating a wiki on Wikia, you should have read the Wiki Creation Policy where we can read "Wikis are about working together, and all Wikia projects are open to the public to edit", and i think it include anons. — TulipVorlax 17:12, June 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Anyway, no wikis should contain "Please do not even attempt anonymous editing - it is NOT allowed." in it's site notice. — TulipVorlax 17:15, June 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * You should also understand that you dont own the wiki, the community does, so treathening to block a range of IP and blocking a lot of people that havent even done anything wrong, is wrong. — TulipVorlax 17:20, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

I should add that his wiki's sitenotice says that anonymous editing is not allowed. Can someone from staff change this, if the admin won't? -- Light Daxter -  Talk  17:39, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Lol. Woops. Also, the same 'rule' is set in the project namespace:About page. -- Light Daxter -  Talk  19:42, June 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * First, I didn't create it; Mr. Garrison did, and he hasn't been online for a LONG time - I merely adopted it, and so would not have needed to read the Wiki Creation Policy. Secondly, I am the only active user on the Wiki and so therefore I am the community, so TulipVorlax, that last comment is a diacottomy of terms. I've removed it for now, but still am not sure why.-- 15:24, June 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * By the community, it means the Wikia community, everyone who edits on Wikia or even reads it. You can not block IPs unless there is a major history of vandalism that can not be sorted via a range block. 15:37, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)
 * Hey, i have many wikis where i'm the only admin/crat, want a list ? I dont put messages that say others users aren't welcomed to contribute to them.
 * I think there's something you dont understand. Adopting or creating is the same thing. Just read the fourth statement to adoption on this page : Community Central:Adoption requests.
 * It cleary ask that you try to build a community, not discouraging it. — TulipVorlax 15:45, June 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, my mistake - I thought it was just those on The Apprentice Wiki. For what it's worth, I'm the only editor there, not just administrator (Mr. Garrison also has rights, although doesn't use them). I have no problem with registered editors, just anonymous.-- 15:51, June 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Although, don't you see that blocking IPs would mean that they would think something like, well, I can't edit this so I will not bother and just leave. Do you want to be the only editor? I don't think so as it is too hard a task to do on your own. 15:55, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

Or just put "Please create an account before editing."-- 15:57, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict, i hate thoses)
 * On Wikia, anonymous, registered, admin, buraucrats, all are on the same level community wise. Only staff could be considered a step higher but they usually dont.... — TulipVorlax 15:59, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

Okay...-- 16:05, June 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * As a side note, WoWWiki didn't allow anonymous editors for the longest time and it still experienced incredible growth. I'm not sure when it changed over to allow it, but it hasn't hurt much either way. Of course, WoWWiki may be in decline due to WoW population plateauing. The new expansion should bump up traffic, though. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 4:25 PM PST 8 Jun 2010
 * Uh, anonymous users still can't edit on WoWWiki. -- 23:32, June 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oops, I thought I saw some IPs in the recent changes. I guess WoWWiki is violating the community guidelines already. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 4:40 PM PST 8 Jun 2010
 * The difference is we encourage people to join instead of just saying "screw you, you can't edit". -- 23:46, June 8, 2010 (UTC)

Launchballer, you should also note that you don't own that wiki. Even though you have administrative tools, the ultimate power lies with the entire community. 23:44, June 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * That link was already given but thanks.
 * The example of WoW wiki is a bad one, in my opinion, if i'm not mistaken that the WoW wiki didn't started on Wikia. — TulipVorlax 01:23, June 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm the founder and a heavy contributer on OgreLair.org - what we like to think is a very unique wiki. It isn't a wiki about a subject, but about and for a legally-recognized club.  That means that our members are the main ones we want editing - however, every contributor is welcomed.  Anonymous users can always help fix a simple mistake that we've missed, or may be enticed to join our wiki - and eventually/hopefully our club.
 * You should always be open to more. The more, the better.    Hooper    talk    contribs    email   03:05, June 9, 2010 (UTC)

If WoWWiki is violating the guidelines then I strongly recommend talking to the contributors there.-- 17:43, June 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm an admin there, I'm aware of the guidelines but we have tried it in the past and it did not work for us. -- 17:52, June 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * If you use Special:Contact, we will review your request but the group collective is fairly dead on in that this is not a request we often approve because such action is usually detrimental to a wiki's growth. At the very least, we approve on three criteria - Is the site well-established, does it have community support for this action (not just the bureaucrat or admin's), and is there a clear need (where vandalism is rampant).


 * I am not 100% familiar with why WoWWiki has no-anon-editing. It probably is because that is how the wiki was configured before Wikia acquired them, but if they submitted a request it would be approved today because they are capable of meeting those three criteria. --daNASCAT (Help Forum) (blog) 19:35, June 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Last WoWWiki community consensus on this was not to have anonymous editing. -- 19:45, June 9, 2010 (UTC)

Wait just one second. How many articles does LyricWiki have?-- 19:42, June 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1,420,056. -- 19:53, June 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Good lord! Any way of having that update by itself?-- 20:11, June 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * LyricWiki cheats, though. I think they get some kind of data dump from Gracenote. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 1:32 PM PST 10 Jun 2010