WikiEducator account creation confirmation

[Jim Tittsler]

WikiEducator has been deluged by spam again in recent days. I have installed the ConfirmAccount extension which requires a WE bureaucrat to approve account requests. The new user is asked to provide a little information about themselves. When the bureaucrat is reviewing accounts he can see such things as:

 - the reason the person gave for wanting a WE account

 - the IP address that was being used

 - whether or not the user has confirmed their email address

  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount

I hope this will be a temporary measure until I can update one of my old spambot friends... but this is worth a try to see just how much friction this adds to an ideally "open" signup scheme.

Jim

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Jim Tittsler                 Tokyo
 http://OERfoundation.org/
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[Wayne Mackintosh]

Jim

Thanks for your prompt action - been deleting and blocking a large number of posts these past days. These could mount up over the holidays and welcome your interim measure.

W

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