Wikipedia:Peer review/Registered user/archive1

Registered user

I've listed this for peer review because I'm fairly new as an editor (in that I haven't actually written much for Wikipedia), and my edits amount to basically a complete rewrite of an article which had severe neutrality issues (which are still reflected in the Wikipedia:NOTESSAY link at the top). I hope I've solved those, but I'd really appreciate some feedback. Thanks!

— BlacklightShining (talk) 12:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

The biggest issue with this article is that it is completely unsourced. The rewrite has not addressed that problem at all, it has rather gone backwards in that respect. It has gone from having poor or dead references to having none at all. I can give you advice on recovering dead references if you need it.

The article no longer reads like a personal essay, but without references to verify the content, it is not possible to say whether or not it is a personal essay. I would certainly not be willing to remove the template myself without being able to verify the content against sources.

Without reliable sources discussing the topic in detail, it is not even possible to say for certain that it is a notable subject deserving of a stand alone article. A case could be made, for instance, that it should be merged with the login article.

The article is written from the point of view of accessing websites and pretty musch ignores all other applications. Websites are not the only application. They are not even the most important application (most websites do not require registration to view). Much more important is registering users on company internal computer networks. This is for security reasons, and usually the user will not take part in the registration process. This is done by the system administrator and the user has no choice in it. There are also internet pages that are very important to have registration to control login - your online banking for instance. None of this is discussed in the article.

I don't think this is a problem, but you ought to consider whether a disambiguation page is required. There are other uses of the term registered user. It comes up a lot in a gbooks search in connection with the use of trade marks for instance.

Hope that's helpful, SpinningSpark 23:07, 26 January 2016 (UTC)