[Mediawiki-l] more spam issues

Juliano F. Ravasi ml at juliano.info
Fri Jul 10 21:58:43 UTC 2009


2007 at gmaskfx.com wrote:
> Also is there a better captcha available.. this bot is getting around
> the math question

I use the FancyCaptcha that comes with ConfirmEdit. It needs some setup
procedure that can be a little intimidating. The good thing is that it
is hard enough to keep all bots away (not a single spam in two years of
use). The bad thing is that it is hard enough to keep half of casual
anonymous visitors from making edits.

There is one usability issue: If the wiki is set to always require
confirmation, it is still only show the captcha after the first save
try. The captcha should be shown right in the edit page before saving if
it is necessary anyways, thus avoiding an additional step in order to
save the page.


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