User blog comment:Zane T 69/Wiki Improvements/@comment-778071-20160626023744/@comment-778071-20160626093830

Hey Kajune, I'm just pointing out a general trend amongst Wikis and in Wikipedia. The key point stands which is that contributions from anonymous users often outweigh that of registered users because of the sheer number of anonymous users and accordingly, the sheer amount of time spent contributing by that sector of the user base.

Admittedly, this is a trend that is true in some cases, but less so in others, but it looks like we're on the same page in that we believe that much will be lost if we block all anonymous users from editing (as proposed here.) The locking of certain high-traffic pages is legitimate in some cases, and is one of the default reasons in the page protection interface accessible by admins. The examples you have pointed out are a possibility for that level of page protection. Cheers.