Tannin wrote in part:
(i) Establish a time + number of edits before any new user is unblockable
(ii) Figure out a way to make the Rollback feature work on page moves as well as ordinary edits
(iii) Disallow page moves to ordinary users and make that a sysop-only task
(iv) Pick another half-dozen people, trusted and experienced sysops, and give them the ability to stand in when Brion and Eloquence are not around to block the Michaels of this world. Those guys are great, but they can't be here all the time.
This is probably the best *temporary* solution, since we can do it right away.
But ultimately, the solution that we need is:
(v) Allow sysops to block users by username.
Not that this will solve *everything*, but at least it gives back a tool for dealing with vandalism that the savvy vandals know how to get around easily.
In the meantime, Michael is running rampage through the database.
Is there a page where people are keeping track of Michael's usernames? I could make it a point to look at that page whenever I go on. As it is, I don't know how to find him, so I do (almost) nothing.
-- Toby