image verification (was: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Deleting users.)

[Jamie Bliss]

On 5/29/05, Dori <slowpoke at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am not sure how many blind people participate on wikis, but why not
> go with a simple [math] question that can be answered easily and
> unambiguously by a person but not by simple bots. I'm not suggesting a
> full blown Turing test, something as simple as "1 plus 1 is ?" Have a
> series of these and throw one out randomly.

I like that.

"What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" ;)

Serriously, I think that MediaWiki should have some kind of mechanism
for such a verification. (Whether it be for invites or bot deterrent).

-- Jamie
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