On 12/12/07, Monahon, Peter B. Peter.Monahon@uspto.gov wrote:
why banning/blocking et cetera be banned, and a moderation system be developed to handle the transom between the community on one side, and spam/vandalism/off-topic-contributions on the other, instead of banning.
I'm sure that's often been suggested before, but you know, that's the best damn idea I've heard all month (although it's only the twelfth, to be fair). Eliminate blocking, and replace it with moderation; eliminate protection, and replace it with flagged revisions; then you just have to find something to replace deletion with, and adminship becomes meaningless and can all but be tossed out, since all this stuff can be given to autoconfirmed users. It's just a matter of coming up with a good interface and mechanism for the various rights -- that's the rub.