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
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If you missed today's Wikidata+Wikibase office hour, don't worry; we've got
you covered. Here is the link to the session log:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Telegram_office_hour_2024-01-…
Thank you all for attending and see you at the next one🤞
On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 2:46 PM Mohammed Sadat Abdulai <
mohammed.abdulai(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
> Wikidata/Wikibase office hour starts in about 3 hours at 17:00 UTC (18:00
> CEST) in the Wikidata Telegram group
> <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>.
>
> See you soon :)
>
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM Mohammed Sadat Abdulai <
> mohammed.abdulai(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
>
>> A quick reminder:
>>
>> the Wikidata+Wikibase office hour is this week, Wednesday January 17th,
>> at 5:00 PM UTC (6:00 PM Berlin) in the Wikidata Telegram group
>> <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>.
>>
>> As usual, the notes from our discussions will be posted on the wiki
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/archive#2023>.
>>
>> See you there!
>>
>> -Mohammed
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 11:20 AM Mohammed Sadat Abdulai <
>> mohammed.abdulai(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Our next Wikidata+Wikibase office hour
>>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> is
>>> scheduled for Wednesday 17th January at 17:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin). As usual,
>>> the office hour will happen in the Wikidata Telegram group
>>> <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>.
>>>
>>> *The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the
>>> development team presents what we have been working on over the past
>>> quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss
>>> important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.*
>>>
>>> Make sure to mark your calendars and see you next week.
>>> --
>>> Mohammed S. Abdulai
>>> *Community Communications Manager, Wikidata*
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
>>> Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
>>> https://wikimedia.de
>>>
>>> Grab a spot in my calendar for a chat: calendly.com/masssly.
>>>
>>> A lot is happening around Wikidata - Keep up to date!
>>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates> 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
>>>
>>
Hi everyone,
Our next Wikidata+Wikibase office hour
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> is scheduled
for Wednesday 17th January at 17:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin). As usual, the
office hour will happen in the Wikidata Telegram group
<https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>.
*The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the
development team presents what we have been working on over the past
quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss
important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.*
Make sure to mark your calendars and see you next week.
--
Mohammed S. Abdulai
*Community Communications Manager, Wikidata*
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
https://wikimedia.de
Grab a spot in my calendar for a chat: calendly.com/masssly.
A lot is happening around Wikidata - Keep up to date!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates> 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