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<DIV>I have just blocked Yammy Yamathorne for 9999 hours. I did not go through Quickpolls. I have no regrets. </DIV>
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<DIV>This user created a page, [[The Lyceum]], based on the [[Akhmad Kadyrov]] page, in which he claimed that the "super smart kids" in his school are planning to bring down Wikipedia. The page itself was an act of vandalism, and I have deleted it (without going through Speedy Deletions).</DIV>
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<DIV>This is an increasing problem here on Wikipedia. As we grow, we are no longer able to monitor the Recent Changes adequately. If I recall correctly, Horace had been vandalized for two weeks recently before someone noticed. </DIV>
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<DIV>I am proposing the following radical solutions:</DIV>
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<DIV>1. Empower sysops to make on-the-spot decisions and act accordingly. If most people don't trust them to act wisely, they should not be sysops.</DIV>
<DIV>2. Reinvigorate Seth Ilys's New Pages Patrol and expand it to include Recent Changes in general. Lots of crap is getting through, as well as considerable the duplication of articles. </DIV>
<DIV>3. Stiffen penalties. If a group of people (like a school) are planning to damage Wikipedia, it will last longer than 24 hours. </DIV>
<DIV>4. Act quickly and decisively with POV pushers. I recently received an email from a colleague at work, that was forwarded to her. Someone posted to a professional mailing list, asking them to join Wikipedia en masse to ensure that certain articles maintain their point of view. Their POV is often close to my own, however, I am disturbed that a group can potentially band together to push a particular POV, regardless of what it is. At one point, such a group will succeed. (I have forwarded the email to Jimbo, but will say no more about it to protect the confidence of my colleague).</DIV>
<DIV>5. Put together a SMALL group of trusted users to consider ways to redefine Wikipedia, considering the remarkable growth spurt we are experiencing. This can be a blessing, but it can also lead to our complete collapse. I propose that Jimbo select the users and oversee the process, since he is the one person who is trusted by everyone and whose authority is (more or less) unchallenged.</DIV>
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