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Forum:Use a "probation" usergroup to control user/forumspace edits
The current modus operandi for dealing with users that abuse userspace and forumspace is to simply lock their user pages and/or block them. This is a bit inelegant; large userspaces have to be protected one at a time, and blocking for forum overuse is a bit too much in some cases. I'm thinking using something from Bulbapedia may help: a usergroup that revokes edit access to the User and Forum namespaces. Users that require it can be put into the group and they will no longer be able to edit such pages, but will remain able to edit the mainspace, allowing them the chance to be productive. It doesn't have an auto-timeout like protection does but would be a much cleaner solution overall, placing the limit on the user instead of the page. Discuss. Toomai Glittershine 
The Bold 22:15, 27 August 2012 (EDT)
- I do see this as the better alternative to the way the things have been running, but I feel if we warned users rather than just blocking them editing them from editing the userspace, more problems would be solved easier. If I'm remembering correctly, I've seen OT protect user pages of users on whim without prior warning. Warning a user is more likely to make them productive then just blocking them from editing their userspace, as doing the latter usually just causes them to leave. DoctorPain99 {ROLLBACKER} 22:33, 27 August 2012 (EDT)
I support, due to the fact that it would be cool to have a tool that partially blocks users, not from editing at all, but from editing their userpages and forums.--Bandit 22:41, 27 August 2012 (EDT)
