I've recently noticed there's a guy on here with a serious hard-on for fervently removing certain tags from any post he comes across. He seems to have an interest in only three tags, and doesn't remotely respond or engage in any kind of conversing.
I've sent albert a message about this guy, he bans him, then he just goes right ahead and makes another account. I can't keep messaging an admin over and over when he shows up again - and I kind-of-sort-of have a feeling it might be a bot. Maybe for trolling, maybe for other diabolical purposes. All I know is, it's bloody annoying.
And from what I've read on the forums, this isn't exactly a new thing. Is there any long-term solution that's also practical that can be implemented to prevent this kind of bullshit? Like...a new user needs to be around for at least a week or something before they can make edits? Or account verification? Or hell, maybe even something like captcha? Most web proxies, and even TOR, don't display captcha properly, so that could be one way to prevent IP ban dodging.