User talk:Valjean/Vandalism templates

We are generally too mild with many vandals
As a result of suggestions in the following thread, I have made some tweaks:


 * We are generally too mild with many vandals.

I have added level numbers in the headings. I'm not sure this is a good idea, since that will make it obvious if a warning level has been jumped over, as is appropriate when dealing with severe vandals. Hmmmm -- Brangifer (talk) 01:29, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Ways to eliminate 80 - 90% of vandalism

 * From a previous discussion here.

I follow the activities of IPs and by far most of them engage in dubious edits or outright vandalism. Considering that all of them could edit as registered users, and that those who are making good edits could also do it as registered users, there is no legitimate argument for editing as an anonymous IP. It creates suspicion and usually disruption, like it does now. Please register. I obviously belong to that group of editors who believe that only registered users should be able to edit. (I have never yet read a good argument for anonymous editing, since registered users can be more anonymous than IPs.) -- Brangifer (talk) 05:27, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

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Some of the most damaging vandals work extremely fast and we need to slow them down. We could make semi-protection of articles standard, thus limiting their edits to talk pages. While not all IPs perform vandalism, nearly all vandalism is performed by IPs, so limiting the rights of IPs has no really serious downside.

We can slow them down by forcing IPs to "jump through a hoop" each time they edit. Every single time an IP attempts to edit, a screen (with polices and encouragement to register) will appear that forces them to click through before they can actually get to the real editing screen. This will slow them down, and the first screen will explain to them the advantages of registering and why editing as an IP will always be a cumbersome process for them.

Summarizing:


 * 1) Slow them down by making them "jump through hoops" for each edit.
 * 2) Make semi-protection of articles their default state.

Our goal should be aimed at preventing vandalism, not (just) making it easier to fight it after it happens. Too much time is wasted on mopping up vandalism considering the relatively few (as compared to vandalistic) good edits from IPs. Forcing all editors to register would make my two points above superfluous, as they are a compromise. -- Brangifer (talk) 05:49, 27 October 2009 (UTC)