[Wikimedia-l] Editor retention (was Re: "Big data" benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices))

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Nikola Smolenski, 08/01/2013 10:30:
> On 05/01/13 04:47, Tim Starling wrote:
>> For example, requiring phone number verification for new users from
>> developed countries would be less damaging.
>
> I don't see how is this supposed to help (and I don't think most new
> users would want to do this; I certainly wouldn't).

Not to say that it would be a good idea, but Google does it already and 
phone verification is probably less painful than our CAPTCHAs are to 
non-English users (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5309 ).
In general, as far as we know captchas are currently not stopping 
spammers at all, while effectively stopping many legitimate (less 
motivated and experienced) users.

Nemo