[WikiEN-l] Autoconfirmed threshold

[· Firefoxman]

I favor Dalton's idea.

On 1/31/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I think we should enable this with a threshold of 10 edits.  10 edits is
> > reasonable for a vandal to go through the whole warning system and get
> > blocked, while at the same time not too much so as to discourage new
> > contributors.
> > --Mets501
>
> I think 10 edits (and the 4 days that there is now) is a good amount
>
> Would it be possible to unconfirm people when they get blocked
> (possibly as an extra option for admins on the block page)? So they
> have to go another 4 days and 10 edits. It would mean that blocking
> someone for 24 hows stops them editing semi-protected pages for 4
> days, which would be useful - far better to let someone do basic
> editing after a short time, and more damaging editing after a longer
> time.
>
> (I seem to remember than the 4 days thing is actually done as a you
> mustn't be in the most recent 1% of signups, or something, which would
> make resetting that part a little more effort on the part of the
> devs...)
>
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