[Wikipedia-l] vandalism spree

koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com
Tue Nov 19 18:23:43 UTC 2002


The Cunctator Wrote:
>No, seriously, how about not blocking?
>
>If you try to think of solutions to our problems that don't involve
>blocking, the solutions are generally much cleaner.
>
>For example,
>1. more powerful ways of searching and sorting edits,
>2. more powerful ways of rolling back edits
>3. Bayesian filtering of contributions
>
>I see #3 as an interesting solution that would deal with most of our
>problems.
>
>http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/background.html

I'd support trying it.  The current system is frequently inaccurate
and unfair, even without human or technical error.

how would it be implemented?  who has the power and interest to try it?

kq







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