You change the subject. Most of the folks you mention, after being eventually banned, do go away, at least for the term of their ban. Which goes to show that they are not here to vandalize but to set their particular stamp on the information we present. Thus they leave an identifiable footprint no matter whether they edit anonymously or using sockpuppets. Perhaps the vandal Abe was referring to falls in this category also, but we have no details other than "vandal".
Fred
From: John Lee johnleemk@gawab.com Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 21:27:13 +0800 To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Registration system and blocks
Indeed. The problem isn't those vandals who blank a few pages and then leave. The problem is people like Irismeister and POV pushers/trolls. These people have nothing better to do than waste their own and others' time persistently.
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])