https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4845


Mike.lifeguard <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Mike.lifeguard <[email protected]>  2009-04-28 
23:25:15 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> The edit captcha is triggered heuristically; currently this is a crude test 
> for
> added 
> non-local URLs by unregistered and recently created accounts (with a manual
> switch to 
> engage for all edits in emergency situations), but it could be refined further
> to 
> 'suspicious-looking' URLs, graylists, other suspicious edit patterns, etc.
> 
> Ideally, getting hit with a captcha should be a relatively rare event.
> 

I love the idea of a greylist (& note that "suspicious edit patterns" is
covered by bug 18110).

However, creating an account requires solving a captcha - that's not targeted
at all.


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