Thinning the herd.

[mike340]

The other alternative I described above is to limit posts and the rights to start threads for newbies who are combative. (Sort of a "soft" ban.) This might not need as much agreement between the mods as a ban does since the punishment isn't as harsh. This would appear to address the problems specified above and wouldn't be harsh to someone who is considerate. Of course, one of the mods said he doesn't know if it is possible to control the number of posts/day for a user, so this all may be moot.