Of course, thanks. Brainstorming is just a very early process for exploration and understanding. I'm just glad to see plenty of people eager to solve a tough problem or at least think about new approaches to it.
________________________________ From: Richard legalize@xmission.com To: mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Wiki spam. Stronger fightback.
In article 1369525016.63923.YahooMailNeo@web161904.mail.bf1.yahoo.com, Al Johnson alj62888@yahoo.com writes:
When Richard says "It seems the appropriate thing to do is to leverage that work instead of re-inventing it."
I take that to mean simply installing all the spam-fighting services, extensions, daemons, etc.. that already exist. Or, perhaps, creating a monster bundle with an integrated assortment of spam-fighting tools. I think it's OK to brainstorm new approaches.
I also mean it to include enhancing th existing extensions.
Extend what exists already before you go writing something from scratch.