Wikidata:Requests for comment/Stop allowing unregistered edits

An editor has requested the community to provide input on "Stop allowing unregistered edits" via the Requests for comment (RFC) process. This is the discussion page regarding the issue. If you have an opinion regarding this issue, feel free to comment below. Thank you!

Imo, unregistered edits/ anonymous (IP-based) edits are creating more harm than benefit. It takes a lot time to clean up. They often go unnoticed for months and harm the data integrity/quality when doing SPARQL queries. I think if people want to do anonymous edits, they can still sign up and edit something immediately. But it will deter most, as it is an extra step. I personally don't know any website that allows anonymous edits of data. Germartin1 (talk) 07:16, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

You can filter unpatrolled edits in Recent Changes. Also see m:Limits to configuration changes. GZWDer (talk) 21:38, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Conversation moved to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Stop_allowing_unregistered_edits Germartin1 (talk) 04:42, 28 January 2022 (UTC)