Captcha codes?

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Captcha codes? Apr 15, 2018 21:50:01 GMT

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Post by vamp1597 on Apr 15, 2018 21:50:01 GMT

Are there captcha codes in place on the wiki? I've been noticing an upsurge in spam users/pages since the site was revamped, and it could bring down the reputation of the wiki (not to mention it's taking time for the admins to go through the logs and delete them). I'm not so sure if this is possible, but maybe a new system should be put in place to try to control it.

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Captcha codes? Apr 18, 2018 4:20:59 GMT Happy Brian and vamp1597 like this

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Post by Lucy on Apr 18, 2018 4:20:59 GMT

For what it's worth, the site still does have captchas on signup as well as on page creation, to my knowledge the same ones we had before but just updated to newer versions. I don't think the revamp has anything to do with the increase, my guess is they just happened to get smarter around the same time

vamp1597 VIP Posts: 187	Captcha codes? Apr 18, 2018 17:05:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by vamp1597 on Apr 18, 2018 17:05:56 GMT That's fair enough

Lucy Global Moderator absence makes the heart grow fonder Posts: 623	Captcha codes? Apr 25, 2018 18:48:00 GMT Happy Brian and vamp1597 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Lucy on Apr 25, 2018 18:48:00 GMT Btw dycaite and anton put in a new antispam extension the other day: www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Antispam

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Captcha codes? Apr 25, 2018 21:23:26 GMT via mobile vamp1597 likes this

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Post by Happy Brian on Apr 25, 2018 21:23:26 GMT

Apr 25, 2018 18:48:00 GMT Lucy said:

Btw dycaite and anton put in a new antispam extension the other day: www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Antispam

I’m glad to hear that Dycaite and Anton are going to apply the MediaWiki’s new anti-spam extension as the amount of spambots coming to the wiki to spam external links and post copy/pasted articles from the web are just plain annoying.

I bet the new MediaWiki extension will do the trick.

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Post by Lucy on Apr 18, 2018 4:20:59 GMT

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Post by Happy Brian on Apr 25, 2018 21:23:26 GMT

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