Forgot to answer to the list also...
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Nicolas Vervelle <nverve...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> We should first try installing
> ConfirmEdit<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit>
> and ReCAPTCHA <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ReCAPTCHA> to see
> if it's better.
>
> Do you think we should install
> User_Merge_and_Delete<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete>
> to
> merge the spammers account and reduce the list of such accounts ?
>
> Nico
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Nicolas Vervelle <nverve...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Angel,
>>
>> Yes, the current wiki configuration is not correct.
>> I think I had to disable the Captcha mechanism when I upgraded to 1.16.
>>
>> I didn't take the time to work on it since then, but I think we should
>> first try to reactivate the Captcha mechanism before using moderation.
>> There's also maybe the possibility to automatically validate the email
>> address.
>>
>> Will try to do something on this
>>
>> Nico
>>
>> 2011/3/4 Angel Herráez <angel.herr...@uah.es>
>>
>> Hi Nico and other developers,
>>>
>>> The recent activity on the Jmol Wiki is stupid: lots of random-named
>>> new users, half of them creating irrelevant pages and uploading
>>> images.
>>> I keep blocking and deleting, but this is a nonsense. The list of
>>> users is now huge, for no purpose.
>>>
>>> I have searched and learnt that deleting users form Mediawiki
>>> databases is not recommended. So we have a growing database with no
>>> purpose, just making more difficult to find real users.
>>>
>>> I think we should consider closing the sign-up to be moderated, not
>>> open.
>>> I wouldn't mind replying and accepting the occasional new user
>>> request, well documented, rather than keep doing this silly cleanup
>>> every few days.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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