> What I don't see is other useful info to detect bogus accounts, like IP > addresses, and email addresses, but I assume those are available to a > sysop, and suppressed on this special page for privacy reasons.
This info is buried in the MediaWiki database, but this info is not something that can be displayed to anyone with admin access to the Wiki. If someone has access to the database, anything is possible :-) > would be nice to see, and could be public, is a flag of "verified > email", or not. (Obviously, the users who make edits have verified > addresses, but what about the rest?) Currently there are 3 possible options that can be set in the LocalSettings.php file: $wgEnableEmail = true; // enable the e-mail basic features $wgEmailAuthentication = true; // require email authentication for using any email function (except password reminder which works independently from this setting) $wgEmailConfirmToEdit = true; // Require a confirmed address to edit pages These are all set to true on the OOoWiki. > I get almost zero spam (< 1/month). Maybe it's because when I /do/ get > one, I go after it tooth and nail, complaining to the ISP per On your personal email address? If you're getting almost zero, then I'd guess that your ISP has some effective spam filtering on your email account that you don't see because it's behind the scenes. >> I brought up the idea of adding a Captcha for new user registrations, >> but there was no real definitive answer or agreement on that one. > > W/r/t/ Captcha, extensions, &c, I suggest you try one for a week or so, > and look at your logs (and the complaints, if any). If it's not > effective, or draws too many complaints, this is a wiki :-) You can > remove it. I would consider it a side benefit, that spammers who break > through those precautions are more worth going after. OK... the Captcha idea has some negatives, and some positives... That said, I've added a reCaptcha to the new user registration screen. As TJ says, it can just as easily be removed if there are complaints. It only shows on new user creation, so existing users won't even know it exists. C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@website.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@website.openoffice.org
