Why not update mediawiki software? I think newer version have better spam prevention methods
On 6/7/13, Francis Tyers <[email protected]> wrote: > El dj 06 de 06 de 2013 a les 10:01 -0600, en/na Anthony J. Bentley va > escriure: >> Francis Tyers writes: >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I'd like to get some feedback on introducing a system of requesting >> > accounts on the Apertium Wiki. At the moment, in order to get an >> > account >> > and edit pages, a user must: >> > >> > * fill out the registration form >> > * write a Captcha >> > * respond to an automated email. >> > >> > Even with the Captcha and automated email, we still get around 5-10 >> > spam >> > pages a day, and 10-20 spam accounts. Aside from having to delete these >> > pages and block the users, this also fills up the RecentChanges. >> > >> > There is an extension[1] for MediaWiki which requires every account to >> > be approved before being created. This is against the principles of >> > Wiki, but would reduce work for the Wiki admins who are deleting the >> > pages (at the moment mostly me, Unhammer and Bernard). >> > >> > What do people think ? >> >> I have had success using databases like StopForumSpam to check new >> registrations and users making their first edit. This largely stopped >> botspam >> in its tracks on message boards I have run in the past (dramatic >> difference >> between dozens of posts to clean up daily versus one or two weekly). > > I tried this extension: > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots > > But it ended up blocking me :( > > Fran > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: > 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations > 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services > 3. A single system of record for all IT processes > http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j > _______________________________________________ > Apertium-stuff mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ Apertium-stuff mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
