On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Schneelocke <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 13:28, Anne Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> ^_^ That would be our autoconfirmed feature... and guess what, spambots >>> that know how to register, wait for the autoconfirmed time to elapse, >>> and then come back, already exist. There are also ones that know how to >>> confirm their own e-mail. And ones that know how to upload images. >> >> Our sysadmin appears to be of the same opinion. That's sad. I had hoped >> that >> autoconfirm with a delay of only one day would be fine, especially if we >> blogged about contacting us on IRC to speed it up when necessary. > > It might still be worth a try; even if it does not stop all spam, it > could well stop a significant amount. You'd have to evaluate whether > the amount of spam stopped is worth the extra inconvenience it'd cause > for new genuine users, though.
Or you could use the suggested QuestyCaptcha or MatchCaptcha. I haven't had any spam after switching from recaptcha. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
