Board Thread:Wiki discussion/@comment-1445357-20130315142943/@comment-4959312-20130319133554

I understand this would make moderating comments easier, and potentially reduce spam, but I also think it would significantly reduce the amount of activity dramatically, especially as regards legitimate discussion in comment threads about particular champions. A majority of  legitimate conversation on this wiki is anonymous, whether we like it or not, because very simply most users simply can't be bothered to create an account, as unfortunate as that is.

I personally think this would result in some people signing up, and others simply never commenting. Maybe that's a good idea, maybe not. It really boils down to numbers and we won't know until it's tried.

I would support doing this on a trial basis and keeping track of actual numbers and comparing it to a baseline(comments before the change).

I also think that users should be able to restrict commenting on their own personal pages if possible and if not they should be disabled there because there's more likelihood of personal attacks on personal pages. This may or may not actually be true but it seems likely to me.

I am curious if disabling anon-comments has been tried before, and if so, to what effect? Was there push-back or a significant reduction in overall wiki activity?