On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 13:28, Anne Wilson <an...@kde.org> wrote: >> ^_^ That would be our autoconfirmed feature... and guess what, spambots >> that know how to register, wait for the autoconfirmed time to elapse, >> and then come back, already exist. There are also ones that know how to >> confirm their own e-mail. And ones that know how to upload images. > > Our sysadmin appears to be of the same opinion. That's sad. I had hoped that > autoconfirm with a delay of only one day would be fine, especially if we > blogged about contacting us on IRC to speed it up when necessary.
It might still be worth a try; even if it does not stop all spam, it could well stop a significant amount. You'd have to evaluate whether the amount of spam stopped is worth the extra inconvenience it'd cause for new genuine users, though. -- schnee _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l