I expected the new software to include the feature we've all been asking for, that would block a user from "all pages but his own talk page" - or "all pages but a few specific ones". The purpose of this was to enable a user to protest a block - without having to create a new account or find a new ISP. Pending development of this feature, why not: (1) Unblock the user account. (2) Requent the user to confine his edits to his user talk page (and possibly a short list of other pages) (3) Watch his contribs, and instantly revert and edits outside his assigned scope. (4) Re-block his account if #3 becomes tedious. This is bending over backwards to be fair. And I wouldn't mind being the first to try it - if enough others think the experiment is worth trying. Kindly ol' Uncle Ed (User:Ed Poor) Chairman (pro tem), Mediation Committee Admin, Bureaucrat, Developer Emeritus, wikien-l admin, etc., etc.

I expected the new software to include the feature we've all been asking for, that would block a user from "all pages but his own talk page" - or "all pages but a few specific ones". The purpose of this was to enable a user to protest a block - without having to create a new account or find a new ISP. Pending development of this feature, why not: (1) Unblock the user account. (2) Requent the user to confine his edits to his user talk page (and possibly a short list of other pages) (3) Watch his contribs, and instantly revert and edits outside his assigned scope. (4) Re-block his account if #3 becomes tedious. This is bending over backwards to be fair. And I wouldn't mind being the first to try it - if enough others think the experiment is worth trying.