Board Thread:Technical Updates/@comment-26339491-20191203204132/@comment-1038387-20191222160222

90.253.123.68 wrote: Wikia have made a lot of wikis registered only to edit in the past few years. I believe they are slowly phasing out anonymous editing experience as a whole and gradually forcing them to join with an account. A shame because freedom of anonymous editing was what gave Wikia an edge over some of its competitors.

For those wikis that are targeted at younger viewers, the deciding factor was COPPA. For most others, it was the community itself that decided it.