On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 2:00 AM, Tim Landscheidt <t...@tim-landscheidt.de>wrote:
> Not only that, the selection of blacklisted words may be of- > fensive itself. That doesn't seem like a problem, since the list isn't visible in the user interface. Users will not be complaining that they aren't receiving "niggardly", "cocky", and "cumin" in CAPTCHAs. For example, > > https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FConfirmEdit/master/blacklist > protects the Christian god with two entries, while Allah is > up for ridicule. And it might even require Jews to type in > the tetragrammaton and thus effectively ban them from a > site. > I checked out the registration form for a white supremacist forum, and they just use reCAPTCHA. No doubt they'll be developing a CAPTJCA or CAPTMCA soon enough. There are likely a number of strings that should be added to the default blacklist. Patches welcome! _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
