Tim Starling wrote: >Note that CAPTCHAs have now been re-enabled on the Portuguese >Wikipedia. Erik made the decision, in response to on-wiki consensus. I >deployed the change just now. > ><https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49860#c75>
Lest there be any confusion or doubt: this is a Bad Thing. We should take this time to explicitly state here (or even re-state here, it's important) that using CAPTCHAs in this way is a fundamental violation of our core principles, particularly site accessibility and openness. As a compromise measure between wiki sovereignty and autonomy and our deeply held values, there's been a temporary reinstatement of the CAPTCHAs on the Portuguese Wikipedia for the remainder of 2013. After December 31, 2013, these CAPTCHAs will be re-disabled. Hopefully no other wiki will feel the need to invoke such a drastic measure ever again. MZMcBride _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
