Tannin wrote in part:
(i) Establish a time + number of edits before any new
user is
unblockable
(ii) Figure out a way to make the Rollback feature work
on page moves
as well as ordinary edits
(iii) Disallow page moves to ordinary users and make
that a sysop-only
task
(iv) Pick another half-dozen people, trusted and
experienced sysops,
and give them the ability to stand in when Brion and Eloquence are not
around to block the Michaels of this world. Those guys are great, but
they can't be here all the time.
This is probably the best *temporary* solution,
since we can do it right away.
But ultimately, the solution that we need is:
(v) Allow sysops to block users by username.
Not that this will solve *everything*,
but at least it gives back a tool for dealing with vandalism
that the savvy vandals know how to get around easily.
In the meantime, Michael is running rampage through the
database.
Is there a page where people are keeping track of Michael's usernames?
I could make it a point to look at that page whenever I go on.
As it is, I don't know how to find him, so I do (almost) nothing.
-- Toby