Board Thread:New Features/@comment-5275700-20150722200934/@comment-17481441-20150722220040

What does anonymous editing bring to your communities now, if it’s available there?

Well, for many of the communities I have been on, anonymous editing doesn't usually play much of a role in contributing to a wiki. From what I have observed, the Wikia contributors and the anonymous editors only spammed, and really didn't do much to help.

''' Why don’t anonymous editors create accounts? '''

Many reasons:

1. They are not sure if they will be committed to the wiki

2. They don't want to create an account due to the time it takes

3. If they are vandals, they may do this to spam for what seems an eternity, IP ban after IP ban.

4. They don't think much will change when it comes to features they earn.

''' What would motivate them to create accounts, besides disabling anonymous editing altogether? '''

Friendly, cooperative, and caring members of Wikia. There are tons of people like this, but there are also people who are very rude and do not know how to perform certain actions without offending people. There are also trolls, that would cause the anonymous editors to not want to make a Wikia account because they don't want to be bothered by them.