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I’ve noticed this a lot: If an anonymous user edits or creates an article, the list of contributors doesn’t contain the word “Anonymous”. The only place you can actually see if an anon edited it is the history page. Unfortunately, if I’m the first to edit a new article that was written by an anon, it looks like I wrote it in the list of contributors at the top and bottom of the article’s main page.

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Incentive to create an account

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This was done a couple of months ago get more credit for logged in contributors I believe, for example some anons create an article and you fix it completely - in the past the credit would go to the anon but now the credit goes to whoever fixed the article.

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It can go both ways- the way Elyne put it, and sometimes, you don’t WANT the credit for an anon’s article. I wasn’t sure about it at first either, but hey- at least it highlights our contributions!

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Anonymous users don’t get credit - that way, they’re encouraged to register. When I first started, I edited as an anonymous user, and not getting credit was one of the things that encouraged me to join wikiHow. In any case, why does it matter? You’d just assume that one of many, many, many anonymous users edited it - you wouldn’t know if a particular one did it, unless you showed their IP address.

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It makes registered users look bad when they put a NFD tag on an article an anon wrote and they’re the first one to edit it.

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If you are fixing the article it’s ok, but if it’s just to “claim” the article than it’s “bad”. Remember that the articles are from everyone in the community - yes sometimes it’s not fun that someone edits your article but if you hate it and start fighting over it then you don’t belong here anyways.

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@Elyne , I think you misunderstood me. What I mean is if the article is something about poop and I put a NFD tag on it and I’m the first one to edit it after the anon wrote it, it looks like I wrote it in the list of contributers at the top and bottom of the main page.

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The history tells all. Plus, if you were the original tagger, you can even leave a discussion page comment stating that you support deletion (and why). It’s also a bonus since it helps out the administrators when the article gets reviewed. Win-win situation, don’t you think? If you don’t want your name associated or on the article’s list of contributors, you can always skip it & have someone else handle it.