To help out people who want to build public farms or give out dig jobs, you could be able to do /res pset|set build:ID|place:ID|destroy:ID to only allow editing of a certain block. Example - /res set build:1 t - Allows anyone to break or place any stone block but nothing else. EDIT: Would support minecraft:block instead of ID, for example /res set build:minecraft:stone would allow stone.
To be honest, I don't think using numerical ID's is a good idea, because they will not be used any more in 1.8
Neat idea, though 607's got a point about the implementation thereof. Would be kinda funny to have a "grief party" and only allow dirt blocks to be broken though.
Haro plz, I aint gonna memorize what all them numbers mean. (although i did have an idea like this before using power tools to define a certain area that someone/anyone can have a certain flag in on your res)
You know what this reminds me of? The lumpy pumpkin on smp1. Lasluin wanted this implemented to simulate people being able to break the pots running in