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## I'm personally still skeptical about this one. '''[[User talk:Elassint|Elassint]]'''  3 May 2013
## I'm personally still skeptical about this one. '''[[User talk:Elassint|Elassint]]'''  3 May 2013
### Please say more [[Elassint]] - is it not a worry to have spam accounts sitting in the database?  Best, [[MarkDilley]]
### Please say more [[Elassint]] - is it not a worry to have spam accounts sitting in the database?  Best, [[MarkDilley]]
#### It's bad when we look at [[Special:ListUsers]] -- full of spam accounts. But [[Wikipedia]] doesn't use it though [[wp:Special:ListUsers]] is also full of spam accounts. In addition, [[LifeWiki]] and [[WikiApiary]] use it. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small>  11:34, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
#### It's bad when we look at [[Special:ListUsers]] -- full of spam accounts. But [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] doesn't use it though {{Wp|Special:ListUsers}} is also full of spam accounts. In addition, [[LifeWiki]] and [[WikiApiary]] use it. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small>  11:34, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
##### I would love to clean up this, but I wonder if there is another way to do it than one at a time...  not sure, ~~ [[MarkDilley]]
##### I would love to clean up this, but I wonder if there is another way to do it than one at a time...  not sure, ~~ [[MarkDilley]]
#####: Might need a bot. But pywikipedia don't seem to have a library for {{Mw|Extension:User Merge and Delete}}, so if we have to do that,
#####: Might need a bot. But pywikipedia don't seem to have a library for {{Mw|Extension:User Merge and Delete}}, so if we have to do that,
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# This is "epic-failing" we need a better CAPTCHA system...preferably the one from [http://www.google.com/recaptcha Google]...--[[User:Comets|Comets]] ([[User talk:Comets|talk]]) 02:12, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
# This is "epic-failing" we need a better CAPTCHA system...preferably the one from [https://www.google.com/recaptcha Google]...--[[User:Comets|Comets]] ([[User talk:Comets|talk]]) 02:12, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
#: [http://google.com?q={{urlencode:recaptcha cracked}} I hope that's not a serious suggestion.] --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 15:11, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
#: [http://google.com?q={{urlencode:recaptcha cracked}} I hope that's not a serious suggestion.] --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 15:11, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
#:: Maybe so Roosa but its a suggestion, the current captcha is failing badly....unless you know something better? I have been away from this for a while now..--[[User:Comets|Comets]] ([[User talk:Comets|talk]]) 15:41, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
#:: Maybe so Roosa but its a suggestion, the current captcha is failing badly....unless you know something better? I have been away from this for a while now..--[[User:Comets|Comets]] ([[User talk:Comets|talk]]) 15:41, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
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#:::: --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 08:06, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
#:::: --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 08:06, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


reCAPTCHA , as I remember it, was developed by [[wikipedia:ReCAPTCHA|others]] - so my want of it has nothing to do with Google.  I am simply trying to figure out what would be the best for this community to have.  Looks like Benjamin is saying similar things above (thanks YiFei for pasting that) - I would be willing to try a simple question - it seems to take someone on the backend to create / maintain it.  'What is this index of?' answer wiki, Wiki, wikis, Wikis to complete. Best, [[MarkDilley]]  (in fact Jack, I pretty much [[Archive.org:20100713161518/http://blog.aboutus.org/2008/03/04/google-to-earth-site-is-the-word-du-jour/|despise Google]] :-)
reCAPTCHA , as I remember it, was developed by {{Wp|ReCAPTCHA|others}} - so my want of it has nothing to do with Google.  I am simply trying to figure out what would be the best for this community to have.  Looks like Benjamin is saying similar things above (thanks YiFei for pasting that) - I would be willing to try a simple question - it seems to take someone on the backend to create / maintain it.  'What is this index of?' answer wiki, Wiki, wikis, Wikis to complete. Best, [[MarkDilley]]  (in fact Jack, I pretty much [[Archive.org:20100713161518/http://blog.aboutus.org/2008/03/04/google-to-earth-site-is-the-word-du-jour/|despise Google]] :-)


#<s>{{Mw|Extension:ConfirmEdit}} as MathCaptcha (needs {{Mw|Extension:Math}} installed, which is easy with shell access on Linux (@Emufarmers: ask me if you have problems with {{Mw|Extension:Math}})) --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 16:06, 21 August 2013 (UTC)</s>
#<s>{{Mw|Extension:ConfirmEdit}} as MathCaptcha (needs {{Mw|Extension:Math}} installed, which is easy with shell access on Linux (@Emufarmers: ask me if you have problems with {{Mw|Extension:Math}})) --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 16:06, 21 August 2013 (UTC)</s>

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