https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7518

--- Comment #9 from Chad H. <innocentkil...@gmail.com> 2011-07-31 02:57:02 UTC 
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(In reply to comment #8)
> The issue with throttling is creating a potential DoS opportunity. Rate
> limiting just per sending account avoids that, but won't help much because 
> it's
> so easy to create new accounts. A MediaWiki option to require a CAPTCHA may be
> the answer, but that requires resolution of Bug 4845 (CAPTCHA doesn't work for
> blind people).

Rate limiting would be fully sufficient here, since we also have rate limits on
account creation too.

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