Rob Brewer, replying to Ed Poor:
Has anyone
thought of selective banning?
Refuse anonymous edits from the banned IP, but allow
signed-in edits.
We could supply a message like, "Sorry but due to
abuse from IP i.j.k.l, you must sign in to
contribute."
I think that's what Erik Moeller had in mind with
point #2 of his message at 11:47:25 +0100 yesterday,
and I think it's a good idea. If vandals want to be
persistent we should at least make them go to the
trouble of getting a fake hotmail address to sign up
with ;-)
Yeah, but we MIGHT have to grant sysops the power to suspend or curtail editing privileges
of signed-in contributors, if they engage in:
* deleting the entire text of a page for no reason
* inserting random graffiti like "I like chicken" into an article
* nonsense like "Shakespeare was born in Marion, Illinois in 1968"
* the goatse image (?)
This change in policy would require agreement from our ever-benevolent and freedom-loving
sponsor, Jimbo Wales.
Assuming any of the 41 sysops can "undo" a block initiated by another sysop, I
don't think there will be a problem with abuse of this power. 40 to 1 is a lot of veto
power.
Ed Poor