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

[David Gerard]

On 8 January 2013 10:35, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.


Yes, MediaWiki captchas are, presently, literally worse than useless.


- d.