Just an idea of mine, don't know how to implement it.
Requires:
A dedicated 'master' server to handle parse out the RC.
- A program to interactivly control the priority of the possible vandlism (server program)
- A program that each user uses to deal with the pages (prolly a modified VandalProof)(user program).
The server:
databases:
- user lists:
- moderators -- list (static) of users with access to the config utilites
- program users -- list (static) of users allowed to access the server
- admin -- list (static) of admins
- trusted users -- list (static) of users not likely to cause vandalism
- uservandal -- list (dynamic) of users that have vandaliszed recently
- ipvandal -- list (dynamic) of IP addresses that have vandalized recently
- permentip -- list (static) of IPs that need to be watched
- filter databases:
- strict-- this edit will be reverted by vandalbot, add user to vandal list and ignore edit
- probable -- it is probable that this edit is vandalism, assign higher priority
- unknown -- not known if edit is vandalism or not
- RC list:
- high priority -- likely vandalism (kept in list for x seconds)
- normal priority -- unknown (kept in list for y seconds)
- low priority -- not likely vandalism (kept in list for z seconds)
- the time restriction is to keep the sever sending out reletivly up to date information, if there are too few people working the system
Process:
- 1. Recive a RC edit
- 2. Check to see if the edit meets the strict critera
- if yes ignores edit and adds user to vandal list
- if user is moderator, user, admin or trusted user, sends a message to a moderator alerting them
- if yes ignores edit and adds user to vandal list
- 3. Check to see if the edit meets the probable critera
- if yes, high priority
- if user is moderator, user, admin or trusted user, sends a message to a moderator alerting them
- if yes, high priority
- 4. Check to see the user level
- if user is a moderator, program user, admin or trusted user sets low priority
- if user is a vandal or permentip sets high priority
- else sets normal priority
- 5. The latest edit to each article sets the priority
- 6. Distributes page diffs to check to the program users starting from high to low
- 7. Recives and catagorizes vandals based on reverts by program users edits
The user program
- Sends a request for a new page to the server
- Displays the diff with the option of reverting as vandalism (per VandalProof) or marking the edit as not vandalism
- Repeat