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==CAPTCHA==
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Should we install [http://www.captcha.net/ CAPTCHA]? And if so, how should we implement it? My thoughts are that we would require it for all anonymous edits and for user registration. What do you all think? Would this be too annoying? [[User:Tfooq|Tfooq]] 13:10, 2 January 2008 (CST)
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==Blacklist==
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Several months ago I installed the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Spamblacklist] extension, and it got rid of ''almost'' all the site's spam that included external links.

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Use this article to discuss spam problems on the site.

CAPTCHA

Should we install CAPTCHA? And if so, how should we implement it? My thoughts are that we would require it for all anonymous edits and for user registration. What do you all think? Would this be too annoying? Tfooq 13:10, 2 January 2008 (CST)

Blacklist

Several months ago I installed the Spamblacklist extension, and it got rid of almost all the site's spam that included external links.