Board Thread:Administrators Discussion/@comment-4811793-20130620225343/@comment-3247345-20130622213136

Jessie1010 wrote: How do you know that exactly? Do you really pay attention to the good that anons do on wikis? Because I do and I happen to see a lot of good from them. Yes, I also see a lot of bad from anons. But it's not fair if we let the bad overwrite the good. The only reason why we all believe that anons do more bad than good is because the bad stands out more than the good. You seriously need to start paying attention to ALL anons because I'm sure you'll find some pretty nice things from them. And don't refer to them as parasites. They're no different from a regular user or a regular person.

I've spent a large amount of time watching the RA pages of different wikis. Most activity of the anons I've seen are screw ups and vandalism. Have I seen good things come from them? Yes, but not enough to justify letting any idiot with access to a computer do what they want to the pages. 10% (at most) of the activity of anons is good and doesn't need fixing. 80% mess up in some way requiring me or someone else to fix their screw up. And the other 10% are just vandals out to cause problems.

BloodyRose11 wrote: You're talking from your experiences, not everyone elses. This wiki has some vandels, yes, but getting rid of all anons. isn't solving anything. What about those very valuable anons? Anons that are nice and friendly? Yes, some not so very good one's, but that doesn't give a reason to take all of them away. It may be a probelm with the anon vandals, but that doesn't mean everything is all of their fault. To me, I would rather spend time cleaning up all of their messes than putting the blame on everyone else.

A couple things. First off you act like it would be a punishment when all they have to do is create an account. With the amount the good ones contribute they might as well make one anyway. And I'm sorry, but's it's just irrational not to get rid of a major problem just because there are a few obstacles (which can be overcome in any event).

BloodyRose11 wrote: Do me a favor, and put yourself in the shoes of a nice, hard-working, very valuable anon. What if you learned that because some anons are vandalising, you can't edit anymore and the blame is on you. You can't edif anymore and your parent or guardian is not allowing you to make an account and you just can't. How would you feel? What would you do? How would you communicate with the people that you met as an anon and are good friends to you?

I'd make an account. If your parents say you're not allowed to then just do it anyway. It's not like they'd notice a difference if you were logged in or contributing anonymously since they're okay with you being on the site.

BloodyRose11 wrote: My personal experience: I was an anon for a few weeks or so and I was not allowed to make an account. If I heard about this at the time, I would have been so dissapointed. I wouldn't have been able fo talk to my internet friends, make useful edits to pages, etc.

From all the anons I have met, I have discovered that 80% of them are very nice and useful. A reverse of that would be more accurate. 80%-90% are either incompetent or vandals.