https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16037
--- Comment #2 from Mike.lifeguard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008-11-24 20:34:56 UTC
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(In reply to comment #0)
> If the user adds for example {{IMDb|124|Foo}} or {{IPcheck|127.0.0.1}} in the
> English Wikipedia, he has to solve a Captcha, because the templates link to
> imdb.com, dnsstuff.com and so on.
> This is both annoying and confusing, because the user does not add an external
> link, the template does.
That counts as adding a link. I'm unclear why we would want to change this
behaviour.
> The obvious solution would be not to display a Captcha if the url is provided
> by the template, not the user. However, clever spammers could do the
> following:
> 1. Create template "evilLink" with external link. Solve a Captcha to do so.
> 2. Transclude template "evilLink" into 1000 pages without having to solve a
> Captcha.
> 3. ???
> 4. Profit!
That situation is exactly why it works this way. It's not outlandish at all.
> The alternative would be, to use MediaWiki:Captcha-addurl-whitelist, however
> few sysops even notice, that there are Captchas (Admins don't have to solve
> them, so they are not aware of the problem).
Of course, the whitelist should be used - that's what it's for! I imagine the
same team who handle the spam black/whitelist would also handle requests for
additions to that whitelist.
Recommend WONTFIX.
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