Francis Tyers <[email protected]> writes:

> Hello all,
>
> I'd like to get some feedback on introducing a system of requesting
> accounts on the Apertium Wiki. At the moment, in order to get an account
> and edit pages, a user must:
>
> * fill out the registration form 
> * write a Captcha
> * respond to an automated email.
>
> Even with the Captcha and automated email, we still get around 5-10 spam
> pages a day, and 10-20 spam accounts. Aside from having to delete these
> pages and block the users, this also fills up the RecentChanges.
>
> There is an extension[1] for MediaWiki which requires every account to
> be approved before being created. This is against the principles of
> Wiki, but would reduce work for the Wiki admins who are deleting the
> pages (at the moment mostly me, Unhammer and Bernard).
>
> What do people think ?

+1, if it's possible to give several people the responsibility of
approving so that registrations happen quickly even if people go off the
grid (I've been waiting for confirmation for two years on the
thinkpadwiki :-/).

-- 
Kevin Brubeck Unhammer

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