Neil Harris wrote:
This can be handled by a "leaky bucket"
mechanism which gives the user
an allowance of say five saves that can be used as fast as they like.
When the burst allowance is used up, they have to wait for their
allowance to be refilled before they can do it again. This allows quick
bursts of edits, whilst restraining the sustained rate.
This all sounds very icky to me. At it's core, wikipedia is a very
simple thing. I think a better solution is to find the problem and
fix it.
--Jimbo