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Happy editing! DBaK (talk) 00:51, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again, DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered. In fact I have an account since over a decade. This is not block evasion or anything like that - I've never been blocked, but your user name is one I would gladly like to own! Since all the talk at Meta about the forthcoming IP Masking, I'm trying to get the feel of what it's like editing as an IP and how they are treated by admins and other users. For example , I didn't know of the existence of the 'Template:Welcome-anon'. I take an interest in German topics and occasionally contribute to them. That's how I stumbled on that particular edit, and I was very surprised that no one had noticed it. I would have asked that same question if I were logged in. Thank you for confirming my suspicion that not all IP edits are good ones, many people claim that unhelpful IP edits or vandalism are minimal but I'm sure that's not right. I wonder if you have any ideas how IP editing can be better controlled - for for example ask the admins to put articles like German Politics under semi-protection. Personally, I think everyone should register an account but some people might not share that opinion. 2403:6200:8832:2ECD:99BB:81B6:A027:F40E (talk) 01:48, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, interesting stuff! I am embroiled in something else right now but will try to reply properly later or another day. Cheers DBaK (talk) 11:47, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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