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kubanczyk
1391 days ago
s/unregistered/not logged in/
Registered users often don't bother with logging in.
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remram
1391 days ago
I log in, mostly so my IP doesn't get put on blast in the log.
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3pt14159
1391 days ago
I log in. Mostly for nostalgia, (I started the resilience wikipedia page and still regret doing it without an account!) but also for skipping the annoying pledge banners.
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petee
1391 days ago
I'm not sure thats true since it's a policy violation (without proper disclosure) that is fairly regularly enforced when found
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archon1410
1391 days ago
not really. logging out to do certain things is a violation, but simply editing logged out by itself is not a violation. see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Legitim...
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petee
1388 days ago
My mistake, though as i understand its still frowned upon, further down WP:LOGOUT says a little why
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howenterprisey
1391 days ago
I wouldn't say that's a common practice.
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chronogram
1391 days ago
I always log in to edit, then log out.
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prolyxis
1391 days ago
I log in mostly for the custom CSS.
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