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{{policy in a nutshell | Anonymous users from Shared IPs may not edit mainspace articles.}}

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{{policy in a nutshell | Anonymous users from Shared IPs may not edit mainspace articles.}}

This policy aims to restrict anonymous editors from shared internet protocol addresses (shared IPs) from modifying mainspace articles. This includes many mainstream internet service providers (ISPs) such as America Online and Verizon Broadband, as well as many schools, large businesses, and congressional offices. Shared IP users may still edit talk pages, user talk pages, and any page not within the main article namespace. If a user from a shared IP wishes to contribute to the main article namespace, he or she may register for an account to do so.

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===To Reduce the Prevalence of Vandalism===

As users from shared IPs can quickly switch their IP address, by logging off and logging back in, the ability to block vandals operating from shared IPs is highly limited. With this policy in place, all users making edits to the article namespace must either be registered or operating from a static IP address; thus, administrators can successfully block abusive users from editing and thereby reduce a vandal's ability to perpetuate vandalism further.

[[Category:Unregistered Wikipedia editing]]