[WikiEN-l] Re: Yes, let's ban users with Hotmail and Yahoo addresses...

[Charles Matthews]

Anthere wrote

> test...
>
> Will the new yahoo adress work ?
>
> (sorry, still a bit awkard to use forums)
>
> Anthere9atyahoo.com

I think the suggestion is a non-starter; and goes right against the wiki
philosophy of _not making it a challenge_ just to make an edit.
Realistically there is no chance of defeating trolls who can walk into an
Internet cafe and edit for an hour, then walk out.  And if it wasn't that,
it would be some university facility where one could never trace a specific
vandal.  If much graffitism is just attention-seeking behaviour, one would
have to say that it easily achieves the goal of attracting attention (and
nothing else).  But it's not spray paint, and reverting works.

The thing to solve - a troll really wants to attract the attention of some
'enforcement' and get a serious conflict.  How to empower enforcers, so they
can do what is necessary, but make it unrewarding from the troll's POV (an
impersonal conflict, for example).

Charles