[Opensim-dev] Wiki: Captcha, anyone?

[Justin Clark-Casey]

coyled has manfully volunteered to help out with opensimulator.org maintenance, so if we ask him nicely (or if he's 
listening :) he might be able to install this or maybe recommend something else (such as the Google captch Volker 
mentioned).

On 12/10/11 08:12, Fritigern Gothly wrote:
> Almost every day, Justin, Makopoppo and I have to delete spam from the
> wiki, and lately, we have seen a steady increase of the amount of spam
> that pops up on the wiki.
> I would therefore like to propose installing the ConfirmEdit extension
> on the OpenSim wiki, which will present the user with a captcha when
> the newly added text contains an external link.
> I do believe that requiring decoding a captcha when a newly added text
> contains an external link will dramatically decrease the number of
> successful spamming attempts on the wiki.
> To regular users, a captcha may be a minor inconvenience, in that they
> will have to perform one additional, but small, step before their text
> is published. For spammers however, it will be a hindrance, because
> they will no longer be able to use an automated process to sign up,
> and post their spam.
>
> More infor on the extension: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit
>
> -- Friti
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