[WikiEN-l] Re: Viability of the open model

Fri Jun 18 05:20:57 UTC 2004

phil hunt wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:13:09 -0600, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
> 
>>We are in panic mode from the Vandalbot. But it can easily be defeated with
>>a few software changes. It creates a new user, then trashes, then creates a
>>new user, then trashes. What is needed is a bit of software that prevents
>>trashing an article by a new user. A real new user will not need to be
>>moving or blanking pages anyway. They are busy learning how to use the
>>system. 

Yes, phil is correct.

I think this is a little step that would not cost a lot. It would not 
bother a human too much and add a layer of protection.
During registration, display a little image, with an number in it 
(something simple, number 1 to 9 randomly), and ask the user to enter 
this number in an empty field.