Thread:Wikification/@comment-1705775-20180317014106

while removed I'll make it more clear:

the 1 page every 12 hours rule isn't as harsh as it seems, if anything it prevents the creation of many short articles but the main reason is it is stopping roaming IP trolls spamming the wiki every day with many stupid pages such as "porn" "lolz" "omgbbq" and so on, which then have to be removed by admins only for them to create a new account and do the exact same every day for infinity.

so far the filter has already stopped them doing this 21 times in a space of just one day.

the reason I feel it best to include it as rule is so new users can be aware of why this is happening and that it is not to punish them so much as to allow a more stable wiki (at 30K plus articles we need some filters) : after 4 days they are autoconfirmed anyway across all of wikia (I believe) and the filter does not bother with them.

that's the short reasoning and I'll keep it that way since you removed the comment anyway, just figured I'd let you know it isn't designed to be harsh on new users, rather it is a necessary step to stop a very real vandalism trend that makes the wiki unpleasant for everyone (old and new). 