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I agree that it *is* a kind of OpenEdit
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You can write after you assign yourself an informal user name or pen name. This is a special case of [[:Category:OpenEdit]]. Please put OpenEdit as Edit Mode in the template and then type <pre>[[Category:PenName]]</pre> at the end of the article. | You can write after you assign yourself an informal user name or pen name. This is a special case of [[:Category:OpenEdit]]. Please put OpenEdit as Edit Mode in the template and then type <pre>[[Category:PenName]]</pre> at the end of the article. | ||
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:Question is, why is this automatically OpenEdit? It seems that any forced login would fundamentaly be opposite of OpenEdit. Curious, [[MarkDilley]] | :Question is, why is this automatically OpenEdit? It seems that any forced login would fundamentaly be opposite of OpenEdit. Curious, [[MarkDilley]] | ||
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As for anon, I believe that a throw-away PenName is much more anon than an IP, as an IP is traceable. I think this brings us back to the point about soft security and openness and OpenEdit being the best, and all that stuff. Big questions all. If you don't think these are OpenEdit, I'm okay with them being changed. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 16:46, 12 Apr 2006 (EDT) | As for anon, I believe that a throw-away PenName is much more anon than an IP, as an IP is traceable. I think this brings us back to the point about soft security and openness and OpenEdit being the best, and all that stuff. Big questions all. If you don't think these are OpenEdit, I'm okay with them being changed. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 16:46, 12 Apr 2006 (EDT) | ||
Can you give me an example or two wiki to check out and think about? [[MarkDilley]] | |||
: I've never actually seen one. Presumably the ones below are the ones to look at. I have no idea who introduced this concept to WikiIndex. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 23:32, 20 May 2006 (EDT) | |||
: Concept is new to me also and I don't have a strong opinion --[[Raymond King]] | <small>[[User talk:Ray King|talk]]</small> 03:54, 21 May 2006 (EDT) | |||
: I think it was Helmut... trying to grasp this concept. [[MarkDilley]] | |||
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I have a vague recollection of having encountered this login mode somewhere. I agree that it *is* a kind of OpenEdit, perhaps even "more open" due to the IP-anon aspect. Note that if there really is no password, just a freely-chosen alias, that not only can a user choose a new alias each time, but any other person can freely re-use any of those aliases -- potentially, one is creating shared personas. *** But perhaps my memories are just getting mixed up with sites where you do choose a password, but email is optional, so there is no enforcement mechanism at all from one "login" to the next. A rather meaningless form of registration, if there is really no pressure at all not to invent a new username each time.--[[User:69.87.200.20|69.87.200.20]] 04:15, 30 January 2007 (PST) | |||