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<p dir="auto">Both things must to be implemented to be effective <code class="notranslate">Prevent mechanical signups</code> and <code class="notranslate">limit new users</code>. Since today there is no limit on what new users can do, vandals probably manually create accounts, but if <code class="notranslate">limit new users</code> is added, next day they will start doing mechanical signups, making reverting job even harder since it will be spread among 100s of accounts...</p>

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