This idea arose in the context of a discussion which generally addressed
civility. The warnings would be civility warnings.
Fred
To that end, a warnings tool would be helpful,
supplementing or replacing the uw- templates with a MediaWiki
extension that requires that warnings be acknowledged by the editor to
continue editing, and providing a record of warnings. This is
basically a very soft block that the editor is free to remove
themselves. Warnings need not be generally visible except in the case
where a matter progresses to arbitration, but they should persist for
a period of time so that patterns of behavior become apparent.
-Stephanie
Brilliant!
Fred Bauder