Jimmy-
I have an idea for an abstract generalization of the ban/throttle/ page protection concepts, unifying them in a single table with great flexibility. Details at the bottom, but first some quick motivation.
I'm all for more fine-grained solutions. What I propose is a compromise. *Until* we have these solutions, sysops should be allowed to use the privileges which they have *today*. Then those who do not like 24 hour bans have a motivation to lobby for implementing these solutions, or to implement them themselves. We would always acknowledge that 24 hour bans are not optimal.
In other words, I don't want to have to tolerate edit warring another month just because we don't get this implemented and tested until then.
Regards,
Erik