A had a thought and I'd like to get some opinions on it. There was an issue recently where Cantus had flagarantly violated the three-revert limit on several articles. But, since quickpolls are currently out of the question, an admin would have to be a vigilante to block him.
My thought was - why not give all admins discretionary authority to temp-ban (for 24 hours) anyone who violates the three revert rule? It would give the rule some teeth, and it would keep the quickpolls relatively uncluttered (which was the biggest complaint - that they were being used frivilously). It wouldn't have to be applied in all cases, but just one where the admin thinks that the involved user(s) need a time-out. If someone thinks they are unfairly banned, they could bring it up on the Request for review of Admin actions. Quickpolls could be reserved for persistantly bad behavior.
I'd like some feedback to see what everyone thinks.
--Mark