Thoughts on Advertising

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Phoenixent

The problem we had was non registered user would make a new page or mod a current page to have Ad links. That is why we made so you would have to register to create or modify pages. That ended the problem with unwanted mods.

As for CW I don't think that will happen at all.

Ah, OK, I see. Of course, then this brings up the age-old debate about whether or not we should close out anonymous users from editing. I have mixed feelings about it, but would accept the outcome either way if we all vote on it.

[Spartan198]

I agree with Excalibur; as long as there are no pop-ups, I'm fine with whatever you decide. But I think gun- and film-related advertisements would be more in line with the purpose of IMFDB.

[Gunmaster45]

I think anonymous users should not be allowed to make pages. Period. Some people are serious in editing and adding insight, so blocking them from editing isn't necesarily fair, yet I've had some jerk wads delete entire pages, including my profiles, so I don't think it would be a big deal if we blocked them from editing. It's not like it is punishment if someone makes a username and starts a profile...

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

I think anonymous users should not be allowed to make pages. Period. Some people are serious in editing and adding insight, so blocking them from editing isn't necesarily fair, yet I've had some jerk wads delete entire pages, including my profiles, so I don't think it would be a big deal if we blocked them from editing. It's not like it is punishment if someone makes a username and starts a profile...

Yeah, I agree with that. Imagine the improvement if Wikipedia was to institute a policy like that.

True, it won't stop every troublemaker, but it's better than logging on of a morning and finding a million new pages with nothing but a title on them.