On Dec 18, 2007 7:36 PM, Brianna Laugher brianna.laugher@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.pineight.com/rant/captcha/
Commons is listed under "confusing examples":
Wikimedia Commons links to Special:Captcha which mentions (but does not obviously link to) Commons:Contact us which links to Commons:Help desk, which permits anonymous posting. (Some other Wikimedia sites, such as English language Wiktionary, use the same CAPTCHA. The English language Wikipedia does not use a CAPTCHA at all.)
Presumably they're referring to signing up for a new account. (I think captchas are also triggered when anon users introduce new external links.)
Can anyone confirm or deny that enwp doesn't have the same captcha?? I thought all WMF projects had the same one now?
When creating an account on the English Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup) it has a captcha as well, but the text reads the following:
"*To help protect against automated account creation, please enter the words that appear below in the box (more infohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Captcha/help): *
*Unable to see the image? An administrator can create an account for youhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account .*" (in case links don't show up, they are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Captcha/help for "more info" and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account for "create an account for you")
Just a more specific page to go to if you want an admin to create your account, instead of asking people to request assistance at the help desk. I haven't checked other wikis, can't speak for them...