Interesting thread in Jimbo's talk page[1] from June 2008. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_37#Wikipedia_and_Captcha
2010/5/16 Chad <innocentkil...@gmail.com> > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Christopher Grant > <chrisgrantm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM, K. Peachey <p858sn...@yahoo.com.au> > wrote: > >> I believe reCaptcha has it implemented as part of their service (we > >> do/did have a extension to implement theres) but then we would have to > >> reply on third party servers. > > > > Yes, reCaptcha does. However iirc it has been rejected in the past > because > > of both the reliance on 3rd party servers and not all the code is open. > > - Chris > > > > Yes, and I think that makes it pretty much a non-starter for > both reasons. Nothing's really changed there. > > -Chad > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
