User blog comment:NeonSpotlight/Where did comments go?/@comment-60764-20120807154732/@comment-60764-20120807160328

As an admin for a smaller, more personal wiki I can say it has it's merits and flaws, mostly merits due to the moderation of the moderation.

Vandalization/flame war starting goes down when anon and new users can't edit. That's essentially as far as the help goes, and is still applied on a case-by-case basis.