https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12206

--- Comment #4 from Tim Starling <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> This is apparently intentional to avoid giving information to attackers
> (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit.
> git;a=blob;f=Captcha.php;h=2d6afbf6d2bb99491d89b341054014e6764b09e3;hb=refs/
> heads/master#l535).
> 
> That doesn't mean it's worth it, though.

The commit message was: "Add captcha support for triggering a captcha after a
bad password attempt. Legit users shouldn't be inconvenienced much, but
password-guesser bots will be severely speedbumped."

The premise was incorrect. Legitimate users are inconvenienced.

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