[Wikipedia-l] Edit speed choking

[David Gerard]

Sj wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:10:39 -0600, Phil Sandifer
> <sandifer at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>>What would be the result/problem/whatever of an edit speed throttle on
>>new accounts. I'm thinking an edit a minute for the first 100 edits. I
>>know edit count is a resource intensive query, 

> This sounds like a great idea.  It's important precisely because it
> increases the leverage serious contributors have over repeat vandals.
> As to the technical aspect: if a separate table like "user_data" has a
> field "edit_count" that is updated every time the user makes an edit,
> it will not be so expensive to record (on-edit actions are
> comparatively reasonable), and will be cheap to query.  That would not
> even be a particularly difficult database-change to make, since it
> could be a new table, rather than a new column in an old one.


Or the isNewbie() function (I think that's the name) checked before
someone can do a page move. "Is newbie or anon, last edit under 60 seconds
ago? Sorry, please wait a few seconds!"

Probably need some provision for authorised bots.

[cc: to wikitech-l]


- d.