User blog comment:Austin8310/Our Block Log/@comment-1024726-20100818163129

Anyway, we need to reinstate the three-strike system, except on a much simpler basis and integrating case-by-case standards into it.

Strike 1 -- A warning. One warning.

Strike 2 -- A short-term ban, from a few days to 1 week.

Strike 3 -- A long-term ban, from 1 week to 3 weeks.

Out -- 1 month and upwards ban.

Last resort -- Indefinite ban.

Individual case alterations to the block lengths can be made.

And please don't tell me these block lengths are too short. This wiki's timescale is so fast that missing 3 days of wikilife is like missing a month's worth of current news.