>>>> "EP" == Evan Prodromou
<evan(a)wikitravel.org> writes:
EP> But also: what's to stop your disruptive visitor from creating
EP> a user account? Or another user account, when you block that
EP> one? And another? How much time has been saved, over simply
EP> rolling back edits? And now there's just one, or a few,
EP> people who are able to take active measures... meaning things
EP> get out of hand faster.
I forgot to mention one more thing: once you start taking these
technological steps, you change the focus of the problem from the
unwanted _edits_, to the unwanted _editor_.
Someone who's been told they're not wanted will either a) walk away
dejectedly, b) learn an important lesson about themselves, or c) do
everything in their power to prove that YOU are wrong for rejecting
them.
If you concentrate on the problem edits, there's a chance that a
compromise can still be reached. If you concentrate on the problem
editor, those chances go down precipitously.
~ESP
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