Forum:Requiring logins to edit?

My wiki is Everybody Edits Wiki. It gets a lot of vandalism from IP addresses and I don't really like them editing because I can't keep track of who is who. How would I go about semi-protecting the whole wiki, and requiring people to log in before editing?  DBF 10:21, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Your wiki is Everybody Edits and you want to prevent people from editing? Sorry, I just find that funny.  You should probably request help from VSTF. -- 11:47, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

Isn't that for reporting vandalism to wikis without admins? That's not what I want to do, I want to stop any guests from editing so I can keep track of them more easily.  DBF 16:27, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, if that is the case, you need community consensus and to send a message via Special:Contact on your wiki. ☆ The   Solar   Dragon  ☆ 16:31, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikia won't stop IP editing. You can encourage users to make an account, but "keeping track" of editors is not a reason for blocking them for editing. Deal with it -- Random Time  23:31, August 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Every wiki will experience some level of vandalism; if you're getting a little vandalism every day, it may not actually be all that serious. The world's most popular wiki, Wikipedia itself, has huge levels of vandalism, yet has not found it necessary to severely restrict editing. I find that instantly jumping to a resolution that you need more restricted editing due to vandalism is probably not the best course. My suggestion is that you keep tidying up and see how you go first. It's only when you find that your wiki is being vandalised more frequently than you can go clean it up that you really need to consider other options. :)  The 888th Avatar   (talk)  03:07, August 29, 2010 (UTC)