On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 04:50:39PM -0800, George Herbert wrote:
The correct
solution to newbies being chased off is not "ban them upfront". The
correct solution is to deal with those chasing off the newbies ;-)
There is a tremendous difference between a clickthrough warning that
one might be wading into a dangerous topic, and a ban of a type or
class of users from articles or topic areas.
Ah, I see what you're getting at now!
As a temp measure, it's better than nothing, I suppose,
though the underlying problem should also be dealt with,
possibly by use of DRN or similar.
sincerely,
Kim Bruning