I have a similar stance on this to Odd Chick, but I also believe in the old saying, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Is it possible for that quiz (I think Nate_dog_woof suggested it?) to actually be implemented? If it could, and if it needed typed answers (i.e. not just selecting one answer from a selection, as some people would just keep trying and trying until they got the right ones by chance), that would possibly prevent some of the real idiots from actually joining.
What I mean is, when someone registers, they would need to fill in the blanks for the quiz, which would probably be mainly general forum usage, and perhaps even some general Oddworld knowledge, seeing as this is an Oddworld Forum and we always end up with people asking obvious questions about Oddworld. Then, when the account needs to be approved by the administrator, he/she also looks at the answers for the questions and decides whether to let them join or not at his/her discretion.
No doubt some "idiots" would still get through, but even a small reduction would be better than nothing.
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