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Definitely don't unless strong evidence emerges of an actual serious problem. Having an effectively anon account is valuable.
OK. It won't be banned.
I don't know whether it would be possible to make it into a non-voting account, but if so, would that be a good idea?
It would certainly be a good idea. The account has no business of casting votes.
Counterexample: someone uses this account to ask a question and upvotes people who give helpful replies.
And, while we're at it, to make it impossible to change its password as someone did to the Username account.
Alternatively, make a script for (a) undoing all votes, and (b) resetting the password, and run it every midnight.
(b) can't be done if someone has changed the password before the script ran... unless the script has access to the e-mail the account was created with so it can do the "password forgotten" thing, now that I think about it... Does anybody know the e-mail of the Username account?
A script can talk directly to the database. It doesn't need passwords to access an account.
I'm concerned you're underestimating VoiceofRa.
Consider the worse case scenario: That he is the same handle behind the several antisocial accounts he has been associated with.
He's streaks of valid contributions indicate a degree of sophistication and high function.
The harm he causes, in spite of several attempted interventions in the past that have been unsuccessful, earmarks his malignance.
Most importantly, his persistence in contributing here indicates that he has found a sense of community here.
This issue will not easily be resolved by banning every account he makes, or catching every work around. It will be resolved by helping him resolve the underlying issue: the alleged incompatibility of his style of forum usage with that of the broader community.
Has anyone suggested alternative communities he may prefer, for instance?
Forgotten the sequences so quickly?
Worst case scenario, this is only the beginning. Do not make enemies annoying gnat's for they can be a million times more annoying than dragons.
Likelier explanation: this is a trolling space too fun for him to abandon.
He isn't really into trolling. He just reiterates his views and heavily downvotes his opponents.
Troll is one of those words tailor made for tabooing.