I would imagine that if it were added to the core code, it would be configurable.
Rob Church
On 08/02/06, Terry Auspitz mediawiki-l@clubjuggle.com wrote:
I would hope that if a captcha system were added to MediaWiki, it would be strictly optional?
I have concerns about accessibility, and a captcha use would actually be illegal in some installations.
~Terry
Rik Wade wrote:
A captcha system is a much needed extension for MediaWiki, so thanks to those working on it. My experience so far with automated or "undesirable" edits is that they could be stopped by turning off anonymous edits and using a captcha system for user registration.
Is it anticipated to use the MediaWiki captcha extension for all edits, or will the option be available to use them only for user registration? I understand that security comes at a price in terms of usability, but entering a captcha string for every edit may be too cumbersome for prolific editors.
How about having a 'level of trust', where certain users can be flagged to bypass the captcha system for their edits? Therefore, new editors will need to input a captcha string for each edit, but those who have been flagged by the admins will not need to do so? I suppose this would work for small Wikis, but not for anything as busy as Wikipedia.
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