The one bonus I found so far is the increased dialog between editors, in an effort to improve the new articles. This can only be beneficial.
I'd personally recommend extending this to a week long trial.
Currently, an IP is either banned or unbanned. What if we had a middle ground for problem IPs, which didn't allow them to create new articles, only edit existing ones. It wouldn't be a cure-all, but it might be interesting concept to play with.
Nick
--- Nicholas Moreau nicholasmoreau@gmail.com wrote:
I'd personally recommend extending this to a week long trial.
I recommend extending the test to the end of the year.
Currently, an IP is either banned or unbanned. What if we had a middle ground for problem IPs, which didn't allow them to create new articles, only edit existing ones. It wouldn't be a cure-all, but it might be interesting concept to play with.
By far the biggest problem has been with anons who create a junk article or two and leave never to return. So the middle ground you mention really won't help much.
-- mav
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