geni wrote:
I give it 12-24
months as a ballpark estimate before we're seriously
short if action isn't taken. Maybe less -- the problem is only getting
worse.
However our number are increaseing
So are the number of problem users.
Even if we
manage break even in our supply of people willing to spend
large swaths of time performing thankless tasks for no compensation,
it's most definitely the wrong approach. Instead of building a large and
expanding base of volunteers, we'd be struggling to maintain the status quo.
That fact is that most vanderlism is one off. You could lock down
every major ISP and you still need people (ie the people you have just
prevented from become part of the project) to watch recent changes.
But one-off vandalism (even chronic simple vandalism) isn't the target
here. The target is chronic problem users like POV warriors who
repeatedly evade blocks. And then only after their ISP has refused to act.
Can you come up
with a practical third?
Getting serious about blocking every opensource proxy we can find
Blocking open (not "open source") proxies is not going to get rid of CD
or any other miscreant on dialup.
would be a favorit. More filters on recentchages would
be another.
How do filters help?