[Systems] wiki account creation, Talk page spam

[Steven Parrish]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:
> El Wed, 14-07-2010 a las 10:54 -0400, Frederick Grose escribió:
>>
>> Or, perhaps the server monitors show no threat?, and we can just leave
>> OpenID as the new account authority provider for the time being to
>> experience its advantages and disadvantages.  So far, it seems
>> effective with one serious attack vector.
>
> I worry that by requiring OpenID we'd raise too high the barrier for new
> editors who are not very technical.
>
> How about adding a captcha extension for new users?
>
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While I personally hate captcha, it may be the best option in this case.

Steven