Board Thread:New Features/@comment-5275700-20150722200934/@comment-68.146.52.234-20150812035850

A bit of background. I am a former Wikipedia admin. I pulled out of active admin duties - and indeed, active editing - due to the behaviour shown towards me by registered users. So right off the bat I'll remark that banning IPs from editing unregsitered really will not, in the grand scheme of things, make much of a difference. There are plenty of regisstered users on Wikipedia and Wikia and other wiki-like sites who engage in active cyberbullying, edit wars, POV-pushing and flat out vandalism. Anyway, after my Wikipedia experience I choose to edit as an IP.

I agree with 89.243.194.179 that one size does not fit all. Disabling IP editing should never be made mandatory - only an option - and even then one to be used in my opinion sparingly. Just as with Wikipedia, if there are articles that come under sustained attack, contain sensitive material or perhaps (and I know this technically goes against the wiki spirit) are considered "finished", then IP editing could and perhaps should be turned off. But anons should still always be allowed to comment about an article, in order to suggest improvement, correct an error, provide feedback or (if the wiki allows) engage in debate over the subject matter either on that article or a forum page.