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 : I just looked at the wikipedia page and they have a special page for "rename user" which we do not have.  Is this some kind of extension? [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 22:35, 19 December 2006 (PST)
 ::[[Meta-Wiki:Renameuser|Yes it is]]. They have [[Wikipedia:Special:Version|quite a few]] pretty nifty extensions there. &mdash;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, Arial;">[[User:Sean Fennel]][[User talk:Sean Fennel|@]]</span> 15:44, 20 December 2006 (PST)
+== Spam protection filter blocks normal editing ==
+I just tried to edit the categories of a page ([[Appropedia]]) and got this message:
+:<tt>The page you wanted to save was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to an external site.</tt>
+:<tt>The following text is what triggered our spam filter: </tt> (shows partial url of Appropedia)
+I couldn't even post this message until I removed the url in the message. This is obviously not working the way it should, if it blocks legitimate editing.
+Obviously we want to stop spam, but it must be a different way - what about having the box with wavy letters that we have to type in, or a simple arithmetic problem (e.g. "75-2="), or something like that? And even that should only be necessary for anons or new users. --[[User:Singkong2005|Chris Watkins/Singkong2005]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</sup></small> 15:20, 27 December 2006 (PST)