[Mediawiki-l] Decreasing vandalism
Dave Sigafoos
davesigafoos at sanmar.com
Thu Mar 29 15:29:38 UTC 2007
Thanks for both 'captcha' name and for the link
DSig
David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ian Smith
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:47
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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Decreasing vandalism
Dave Sigafoos:
>
> For a 'valid' id, are there any plans to have an 'image' that the user
> has to enter the word. Many systems are using this method for weeding
> out machine generated user requests.
It's called a "captcha", and there's an extension to do this:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit
I think this currently works for edits, not user creation.
Ian
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