[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting "SourceForge.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, >> including the initial issue submission, for this request, >> not just the latest update. >> Category: pdpedia >>> Status: Closed >>> Resolution: Invalid >> Submitted By: oli44 (oli44) >> Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) >> Summary: pdpedia Captcha >> >> >> Any admin can easily delete those junk posts with the 'delete' tab and >> also protect problem pages. A captcha might help, I haven't seen one for >> mediawiki before. > > a captcha will help in about 97% probably even more (this is just a > wild guess) > >> Check the "recent changes" log now, and you'll see the spam is gone. :) > > hmm, your approach seems to deal with the problem but does nothing to > prevent it. > what will happen when the next attack starts? > will we just have to wait for "any admin" to "easily delete those junk > posts" again? > > as far as i recall, when pdpedia was installed there was some > consensus about using captchas when a spamming problem would appear. > are there any technical or organisatorial problems in using them? > (it seems like you have some reasons against using captchas, but you > haven't told us yet)
I think we even agreed that in a case when sites get spammed, that only registered users were allowed to edit pages. I still would recommend that, I think then we don't need captchas. marius. _______________________________________________ PD-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
