Forum:How does an admin require login to edit topics?

I am administering a wiki. I would like to require editors to log in after 6 anynomous edits. Is there a way to require that? Will 20:22, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Nope. First, not all IP's are dedicated to a single user. Plus, not everyone is working from strictly a single IP. For example, depending on where and when, I myself may use up to four different IP's in any given week. So how would you know that a person had done X number of edits? --Kirk 22:11, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

I had heard that some administrators had found a way to require that and implemented it as a way to kill spam and vandalism. Will 22:58, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * It is against Wikia general policy to restrict edits to logged in users only. It is not in the spirit of a true wiki. It is interesting to note that people who create logins are generally more anonymous than people who don't, as their world location and even city can be found from their IP.
 * It would not kill spam, spammers often use discardable proxy IPs, the only way to kill IP spam would be to block all IP edits, but spammers and spambots do create logins as well. Blocking all IPs after 6 edits would do little good.
 * If you have your own installation, you can sort of do this with:  in your LocalSettings.php, see m:Help:User_rights (not advised).
 * --Splarka (talk) 23:08, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

OK. Now we're in agreement. Thanks anyway. Will 23:49, 11 September 2006 (UTC)