:Plenty of people seem to be contributing to articles as it is, they don't see the need to have their name plastered over it - giving sole editing rights would prevent anyone else from contributing to the page and would have the effect (most likely) of decreasing contribution content quality and quantity. It would also allow the POV of the one article's "owner" to show, without other people having a right to change it. -    (please sign your contributions with four tildes (~~~~))