[Commons-l] Commons in the CAPTCHA Hall of Shame

[Sandahl]

The English language Wikipedia only uses a captcha if you type in your
password incorrectly.

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On Dec 18, 2007 5:36 PM, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at 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?
>
> cheers
> Brianna
>
>
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