Neil Harris wrote:
This can be handled by a "leaky bucket" mechanism which gives the user an allowance of say five saves that can be used as fast as they like. When the burst allowance is used up, they have to wait for their allowance to be refilled before they can do it again. This allows quick bursts of edits, whilst restraining the sustained rate.
This all sounds very icky to me. At it's core, wikipedia is a very simple thing. I think a better solution is to find the problem and fix it.
--Jimbo