Might be easier on the user to use the 'negative captcha' idea floating about online:
Put a hidden form field called "email", "phone", "login" or some such that a bot is likely to fill and use CSS to hide it. A human won't see it, but a bot will (ignoring CSS). If the field ends up containing a value, it must have been filled by a bot; ignore the tip/note submission. Not foolproof, but it'll probably work here. Salman. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Wokula [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:35 PM > To: John Beckett > Cc: vim > Subject: Re: Tips which are spam > > John Beckett schrieb: > > Andy Wokula wrote: > >> Currently there is much spam in recent comments: > >> http://vim.sourceforge.net/tips/recent_notes.php > > > > Last time this was discussed I got the impression that there is a > > feeling that if no one reads the spam, then it is not a problem. > > > > But I think the situation is worse than that. The spammers > don't care > > if anyone reads the tips. They want the optimisation to > their search > > ranking in Google et al from having links to their site. > > Helping these leaches is no longer acceptable IMHO. > > > > Lots of places on the Internet have had to implement a > simple logon or > > at least a captcha - anonymous posting can't be allowed. > > > > John > > E.g. posters must either login or solve simple math (or > answer simple Vim questions, even better ;) next to the "Add > Note" button. > > Should be fairly easy to add? > > Andy > > -- > EOF > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: > http://messenger.yahoo.de >
