On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Daniel Barrett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Spam bots are creating accounts on my music wiki ( > http://www.blazemonger.com/GG/Special:RecentChanges). What is the best > extension to prevent this? I installed ConfirmEdit and tried the default > CAPTCHA (SimpleCAPTCHA) but it didn't stop the bots. Before I experiment > with the many other options, I thought I'd ask what people recommend. > > Fortunately the bots can't edit articles, just create useless accounts. > > Thanks, > DanB > Requiring OpenID for new accounts is also effective. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
