:::: I think the Enhanced per-user, per-article protection / blocking feature is the answer that goes a long way to satisfy my concerns, and I'm pleasantly surprised it seems to be one of the most popular proposals on Meta at the moment. It would mean we could do a full block for 6 hours (sufficient to cool down), then block on talk / user talk space for 48 hours (to prove they really are committed to writing the encyclopedia and not just sniping at people). We can then counteract criticism like "oh, but they're such a good content creator" with "well they're not blocked from creating content, so what's your point?"  (talk) (cont)