Board Thread:Petitions/@comment-28083312-20171031113732/@comment-28083312-20171105175952

Pulty wrote: Because it should never have been disabled. Back in the day we actually needed it, since ages ago we had a huge vandalism problem. The issue of disabling anonymous editing though, is that it presents a barrier to editing for new, potential editors. If you see a typo, you might just fix it. Then you might fix more. Then you might become a permanent contributor, with or without an account. But if there’s that initial barrier that stops you from fixing the typo, then you might just say “oh well” & move on; you never get the chance to grow into something more. I hope that answers your question of why it was brought up, Radium.