https://gw1wiki.ezgame.cc/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Guild_Wars_Wiki%3ARequests_for_technical_administration%2FConfirmEdit 2026-10-18T16:16:03Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.17 https://gw1wiki.ezgame.cc/index.php?title=Guild_Wars_Wiki:Requests_for_technical_administration/ConfirmEdit&diff=8963&oldid=prev 2007-04-30T12:54:10Z

<p>New page: === Request for ConfirmEdit === :; Home-page : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit :; Type : MediaWiki extension :; Additional software requirements : None :; Additional s...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=== Request for ConfirmEdit ===<br /> <br /> :; Home-page : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit<br /> :; Type : MediaWiki extension<br /> :; Additional software requirements : None<br /> :; Additional server-side maintenance requirements : Besides the installation (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit#Installation), the following lines need to be modified in &lt;code&gt;ConfirmEdit.php&lt;/code&gt; to these values:<br /> &lt;code&gt;<br /> $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['skipcaptcha'] = false;<br /> $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['skipcaptcha'] = true; <br /> $wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['skipcaptcha'] = true; <br /> $wgGroupPermissions['bot' ]['skipcaptcha'] = true; <br /> $wgGroupPermissions['sysop' ]['skipcaptcha'] = true;<br /> <br /> $wgCaptchaTriggers['edit'] = false; <br /> $wgCaptchaTriggers['create'] = false; <br /> $wgCaptchaTriggers['addurl'] = true; <br /> $wgCaptchaTriggers['createaccount'] = false; <br /> &lt;/code&gt;<br /> :; Reason for request : [[m:Wiki spam|Wiki spam]] is increasing daily, it's starting to become a major maintenance task in itself. The [[m:SpamBlacklist extension|SpamBlacklist]] extension was considered, but it seems that it would be ineffective in controlling the kind of spam we've been getting ([http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=Category:ArenaNet_Staff_Member_stubs&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=88677 example]), since these spammers are linking to legitimate hosts which are then redirecting to the spam sites. ConfirmEdit with the &lt;code&gt;ConfirmEdit.php&lt;/code&gt; settings above requires all non-registered users adding an URL to an article to answer a simple text [[w:CAPTCHA|CAPTCHA]] before being able to save their changes. <br /> <br /> :; What else uses it : All Wikimedia projects&amp;mdash;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Version Wikipedia], for example&amp;mdash;have it enabled, as does [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Special:Version GuildWiki].<br /> <br /> :; Possible pitfalls : CAPTCHAs can be an inconvenience for bona fide contributors.</div>

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