Board Thread:Wiki Running/@comment-3225604-20141122091332/@comment-24733878-20141201132520

"Another problem with difficulty rating is that we lost a party. Since the anon-editing feature is disabled, much fewer edits are observed. I could see no relation to Candy Crush Soda Saga but I would shift the blame to the decision of disabling the anon-editing. You may think that anon-users would create a new account. I would say "NO". The feature scares them away. Some are too lazy to create or some do not even know how to create one. Some don't know what username should be put in. This also explains a relatively lower view count. This feature just eradicated a party of giving comments on the difficulty. Although the main purpose is to alleviate the problem of vandalism, I think we have given enough time for reflection and it's time to bring it back. We may not tell if we would spark more conflicts or resolve more conflicts of bringing back anon-editing, but the thing we know is that difficulty rating becomes more biased than before. Most levels don't have polls and anon-users cannot express their opinions. Discuss also whether we should bring the anon-editing back."

If you ask me, anon-editing must be disabled because the threat of vandalism is just too much of a threat to ignore. I doubt that most of them will meaningfully contribute and are trolls. That is no different from having a lower (but more meaningful) view count. View count is largely defined as how many people are viewing an article. It does not differentiate if the viewer has logged in or not. Hence, it can distort the popularity of a website.