On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:28 PM, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote: > On 6 February 2014 19:00, helen <helenruss...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I'm Helen, a Wi admin. https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Helen_russian >> >> Since 5th Feb. MWiki is under a massive spam attack. >> Please take a look: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Special:Log/delete , >> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Special:Log/block >> > > I warned about exactly that, but I was asked (see JIRAs) to remove the > cats (captcha). If you read the JIRA (which was watched be several in here) > you will see my warning. > > The simple captcha we have in place, is browser safe, but not very > efficient. I assume the admins as such wanted the change (otherwise I am > sure the task would not have been added). > > Another captcha was suggested, but with the note "not tested on mediawiki" > (or something similar). We only install extensions supported by mediawiki > of course. >
A simpler solution: Why not add back the "cat" captcha, but only show it to the spammers? Regards, -Rob (OK. That is a joke. But I was once asked by a manager, many years ago, to improve a spell checker so it only reported misspellings of words that were in the dictionary.) > If the admins wants a change, then please have a discussion about it on the > ML, and once agreed upon, file a JIRA. > > rgds > jan I. > > > Please help. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Helen >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
