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==Username creation protection== | ==Username creation protection== | ||
# [[mw:Extension:TitleBlacklist]] — ''Pro:'' can be used to stop spambots from creating accounts | #[[mw:Extension:TitleBlacklist]] — ''Pro:'' can be used to stop spambots from creating accounts – ''Con:'' looks complicated | ||
# [[mw:Extension:Renameuser]] — ''Pro:'' allows users who registered under an alias to have account changed to [[RealName]] and maintain edit histories | #[[mw:Extension:Renameuser]] — ''Pro:'' allows users who registered under an alias to have account changed to [[RealName]] and maintain edit histories – ''Con:'' none | ||
# [[mw:Extension:User Merge and Delete]] — ''Pro:'' | # [[mw:Extension:User Merge and Delete]] — ''Pro:'' – ''Con: Very dangerous, can permanently delete user accounts'' (but this can be set for 'crat permission only) - '''can Rename extension work for this?''' | ||
# [[mw:Extension:AntiBot]] — ''Pro:'' can be used to stop spambots from creating accounts, used by Wikimedia Foundation wikis | #<s>[[mw:Extension:AntiBot]]</s> — ''Pro:'' can be used to stop spambots from creating accounts, used by Wikimedia Foundation wikis – ''Con:'' needs an additional plugin - '''which one?''' (the plugin is sorta low-key secret, don't wanna give the spammers the code!) | ||
##'''No''', unless you can find someone to write the plugin(s). AntiBot is a '''framework'''; to make it actually useful, you need to write AntiBot "plugins" (think of them as extensions to the AntiBot extension). The Wikimedia Foundation uses AntiBot, but they have some custom plugins for it which they do not share publicly. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 14:41, 22 December 2012 (PST) | ##'''No''', unless you can find someone to write the plugin(s). AntiBot is a '''framework'''; to make it actually useful, you need to write AntiBot "plugins" (think of them as extensions to the AntiBot extension). The Wikimedia Foundation uses AntiBot, but they have some custom plugins for it which they do not share publicly. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 14:41, 22 December 2012 (PST) | ||
# [[mw:Extension:Facebook]] — ''Pro:'' inviting to people using facebook | ##OK, '''not''' this, strike-out. [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 01:48, 15 March 2013 (PDT) | ||
#<s>[[mw:Extension:Facebook]]</s> — ''Pro:'' inviting to people using facebook – ''Con:'' ties into facebook domination of the web. '''nooooo - it slows down page loading dramatically''' (and wikis don't really compliment social media sites) | |||
##'''Against'''; social media nonsense should be implemented as opt-in instead of opt-out, if such a thing even needs to be implemented. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 14:41, 22 December 2012 (PST) | ##'''Against'''; social media nonsense should be implemented as opt-in instead of opt-out, if such a thing even needs to be implemented. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 14:41, 22 December 2012 (PST) | ||
##OK, '''not''' this, strike-out. [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 01:48, 15 March 2013 (PDT) | |||
#[[mw:Extension:ConfirmAccount]] — ''Pro:'' can be used to stop spambots from creating accounts, think of this ethos of having a door bouncer on guard at a nightclub – ''Con:'' needs active Sysops/Bureaucrats to monitor new account requests (but surely it is better to prevent trouble, rather than letting everyone in, and then stopping the mess and clearing up spam and vandalism) [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 01:48, 15 March 2013 (PDT) | |||
==General housekeeping== | ==General housekeeping== | ||