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Add option to require CAPTCHA to perform edit
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I'd like to see an option to require than an editor pass a captcha challenge in order to commit an edit. This would help us cut down on spambot edits while allowing legitimate use if a filter may affect regular editors


Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement

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Reference
bz26765
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repos/releng/cli!12require-user-choice-of-db-typemainaddshoredev: Make it harder to fall over T287654 (sqlite db issues)
Customize query in GitLab

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 11:12 PM
bzimport added a project: AbuseFilter.
bzimport set Reference to bz26765.

Already existant, as also used by Wikipedia:

After installing you can configure (read the Extension: page) who needs to captcha and who doesn't.

If you prefer to support the [[reCAPTCHA]] initiative check out:

If support with these extensions is needed, leave a message on their Extension_talk: page or join MediaWiki-General on irc.freenode.net [0]

Krinkle

[0] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/IRC#.23MediaWiki

Re-opening. I didn't read the opening post good enough. I thought the request was a way to get a captcha at all for certain editors (not certain edit*s*).

But a way for abusefilter to trigger a captcha is interesting and useful!

  • This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 18110 ***