user1307: I recently found an error on the Bitcoin Wiki, when I noticed that I could not edit it.
I made an account a long time ago, so I logged into it, but still I am not able to edit pages.
Why is this? A wiki is supposed to be community-driven.
Who does have access to the wiki pages?

user516: To prevent vandalism and spam. You can gain edit access by making a payment (in bitcoins, of course).
The payment required is (at least) 0.001 BTC, which is actually no longer trivially small in my opinion.

BitcoinPayment is a MediaWiki extension to limit spam, by requiring a
  small one-time bitcoin payment before a user is allowed to edit or
  create pages.
While the payment is deliberately trivially small for a normal user,
  it presents a barrier to a mass-spammer.
Funds sent to this wiki will be used to keep the wiki online (cost of
  domain name and hosting), and remaining funds will be donated to the
  Bitcoin Foundation.


1307: <p>I recently found an <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/IP_Transactions" rel="nofollow">error</a> on the <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Bitcoin Wiki</a>, when I noticed that I could not edit it.</p>

<p>I made an account a long time ago, so I logged into it, but still I am not able to edit pages.</p>

<p>Why is this? A wiki is supposed to be community-driven.</p>

<p>Who does have access to the wiki pages?</p>
 516: <p>To prevent vandalism and spam. You can gain edit access by <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BitcoinPayment" rel="nofollow">making a payment</a> (in bitcoins, of course).</p>

<p>The payment required is (at least) 0.001 BTC, which is actually no longer trivially small in my opinion.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>BitcoinPayment is a MediaWiki extension to limit spam, by requiring a
  small one-time bitcoin payment before a user is allowed to edit or
  create pages.</p>
  
  <p>While the payment is deliberately trivially small for a normal user,
  it presents a barrier to a mass-spammer.</p>
  
  <p>Funds sent to this wiki will be used to keep the wiki online (cost of
  domain name and hosting), and remaining funds will be donated to the
  Bitcoin Foundation.</p>
</blockquote>
