[Wikia-l] Spam captchas

[Scott Hanson]

Hi Angela, with the
site accessible today, I've created a test account to see the new
script in action.

It seems to work pretty well, but the text ("you'll need to type in the
words that appear in this image") needs to be changed. It's showing a
mathematical equation instead of characters in a picture. This goes both for
the creation of a new account as well
as saving a page with an external link in the copy.

Also, does the math problem work better than the image?  Spambots get
smarter every day... I would think that if those who write them are
aware that administrators are goingto such lengths, they would make
the proper adjusments to their scripts.

-Scott


On 9/10/06, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You may have noticed that we're trying a new anti-spam tactic. If you
> add a new external link (not a wiki link) to a page, you will be asked
> to solve a simple equation (the "captcha") before saving the page.
> This is to prevent automated spam bots which have been causing massive
> problems on some wikis.
>
> If you are an admin (or flagged as an approved bot), you should *not*
> see the captcha. If you do, please log out and back in again.
>
> Please add comments on whether you think we should keep this feature
> at http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Spam_hurdle_too_much
>
> If you're using a bot and need it approved, please let any of the
> community staff know.
>
> For more info on captchas, see Wikipedia's definition at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha
>
> Angela.
>
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