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Bug 9029 - Enable captcha for account creation on Italian Wikipedia


Summary:	Enable captcha for account creation on Italian Wikipedia

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Wikimedia
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	General/Unknown (Other open bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Normal enhancement with 3 votes (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Nobody - You can work on this!

URL:	http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:	shell

Depends on:
Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2007-02-19 16:46 UTC by Gianluigi Gamba
Modified:	2007-02-20 10:56 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Assignee Huggle Beta Tester:	---

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Description Gianluigi Gamba 2007-02-19 16:46:01 UTC

We're noticing a massive registration of fake accounts with random name and no
edits on it.wikipedia (see URL above), probable work of bots.
In order to prevent this further - and fearing a possible automated vandal-fest
- we'd like to have the "captcha" filter enabled for the registration of new users.
A message will inform the users unable to pass the test to apply to OTRS for
assistance.

Thank you.

Comment 1 Brion Vibber 2007-02-19 20:46:12 UTC

Have enabled this sitewide recently, so it's there now.

Comment 2 Gianluigi Gamba 2007-02-20 10:56:24 UTC

Thank you. Not using often the registration function, I did not notice the change.

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