Hi Valerie,
Thanks for the update! I'm happy to hear that you're looking into new ways
to prevent spam on our Wikibases. I've seen firsthand how much of a problem
spam can be, and I'm glad that you're taking steps to address it.
I'm particularly interested in QuestyCaptcha. I've heard good things about
it, and I think it could be a valuable tool for preventing spam. I'm eager
to give it a try and see how it works for our Wikibases.
I'll be sure to let you know how it goes. In the meantime, thanks again for
your hard work on this!
Warm regards,
Aliyu Shaba.
On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 4:07 PM Valerie Wollinger <
valerie.wollinger(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
Dear Community,
I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve found a new way to try to prevent spam
in your Wikibases!
You’ve often reported that many spam accounts were being created on your
Wikis (see this ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327176> for
more context).
We started looking for an additional security layer to prevent this in the
future, or at least to make it more difficult to get around for spammers.
This is where Questy
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha> comes into play.
QuestyCaptcha can be more effective than either ReCaptcha or HCaptcha,
since it requires a set of questions and answers that you choose to make
them harder to be answered by non-legitimate users.
If you’re suffering from spam account signups, give it a try and let us
know how it goes.
We would love to hear whether it makes your life easier and whether the
number of spam accounts has been reduced with this new feature. Feel free
to use this ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342143> or our
other channels for feedback.
Thanks for being on this journey with us! :-)
Valerie, on behalf of Wikibase Cloud
Valerie Wollinger (She/Her)
Community Communications Manager Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de
Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free
Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now
<https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>.
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all
knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision!https://spenden.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im
Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt
durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg
_______________________________________________
Wikibase-cloud mailing list -- wikibase-cloud(a)lists.wikimedia.org
List information:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikibase-cloud.lists.wikimedia.…