[WikiEN-l] blocking vandals

[Jimmy Wales]

Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
> Maybe, when blocking someone, we should put a cookie on their
>computer that doesn't let them edit under any username or IP adress. I
>know this could be a breach of privacy, so maybe it could expire in a
>week. It would be easy to get around, just a deterent. (just as it is
>easy to get around blocking usernames)

I don't think it's a breach of privacy at all.  It actually sounds
pretty cute and good to me.  Yes, an advanced user could figure out
how to get around it, but if someone is going to all _that_ trouble,
we've got a bigger problem anyway.

The cookie could just say 'edit=no', say.

--Jimbo