<p><a href="https://github.com/HolgerJeromin" class="user-mention">@HolgerJeromin</a>, to filter out scripted accounts (they semi-defeat benefits of the registration). It may work for very active communities. Creditability of users matters in OSM, probably even more than in Wikimedia projects.</p>
<p>I can buy hundreds of accounts virtually anywhere on the black market. Doesn't mean I would work with them for anything <em>good</em>.</p>
<p>But - as Simon pointed - it is painful in OSM: logins can span years.</p>

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