Board Thread:New Features/@comment-5275700-20150722200934/@comment-27401052-20150725155800

Bunai82 wrote: What does anonymous editing bring to your communities now, if it’s available there?
 * Well, article wise it is usually spam, vandlism, and some helpful edits.
 * Comment wise, there are usually on topic discussions to the wikis subject. Tell us more.

Why don’t anonymous editors create accounts?
 * I would say because the avalibility of posting 'anon'.

What would motivate them to create accounts, besides disabling anonymous editing altogether? For those of you in communities who plan to disable anonymous editing, or if that’s happened on your community already, please let us know about how the change affected your community.
 * I guess knowing that their contributions mattered and that they can keep track of them.
 * I did have to disable IP edits on-and-off on two wikis that I am admin of because a lot of the edits are intentionally vandalism.

Was it beneficial?
 * It at least slows down some of the minor annoyances. But due to my activity on various wikis, I can't be on one all the time, so knowing that I can temp filter IP edits for a bit is comforting.

Was there a change in activity level immediately?
 * More signed in users. [Fanloid wiki]

What was the level of activity a few months after the change?
 * Same signed in users still active.