Wikipedia:Allow anonymous users to start their own user pages
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Allow anonymous users to start their own user pages. Anonymous users (those known only by an IP address) cannot edit their own user pages until a logged-in user begins it, or they log in (or sign up) themselves. That is, they cannot start their own user page. This has been caused by an oversight from when the policy restricting anonymous users from starting articles was brought in. I propose we allow anonymous users to be the first to edit their own user pages if they so choose.
If anonymous users are to be deliberately banned from starting their own user page, then this should be a separate policy decision, and not an accidental one.
While there is perhaps little benefit to allowing anonymous users to edit their user page, there is no benefit from stopping them.
This seems pretty silly, and I would consider it more of a bug than a policy, but I'm going through the usual wikibureaucracy anyway.
I only came across this problem because I forgot to log in for a couple of edits, and wished to redirect the IP's user page to my own. I deliberately attempted to do this while not logged in, so that the edit would be authentic (coming from the same IP, rather than the username), however I was prevented. allow it .