tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post2957005089704647855..comments2024-03-29T08:09:59.292+01:00Comments on Words and what not: Captcha with a twistGerardMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14287269079265427282noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-16809080772686889082008-08-21T01:46:00.000+02:002008-08-21T01:46:00.000+02:00Worst idea ever. reCaptcha is one of the worst CAP...Worst idea ever. reCaptcha is one of the worst CAPTCHA systems, they re-format the page, and if it includes special characters like ¿? or ¡!, reCaptcha makes the page look horrible. Already tested this at editthisinfo and I completely oppose. Cheers, Macy@enwiki.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-78498903880407483362008-08-19T09:00:00.000+02:002008-08-19T09:00:00.000+02:00I'm sure I remember Brion saying that if someone c...I'm sure I remember Brion saying that if someone creates an open source version, we'd use it.pfctdayelisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16930652936935871532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-67356971276926440762008-08-18T20:15:00.000+02:002008-08-18T20:15:00.000+02:00Excellent idea. I see the comment verification he...Excellent idea. I see the comment verification here doesn't use captcha, though. ;)Lise Broerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087397520904837725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-70958734559466519812008-08-18T18:32:00.000+02:002008-08-18T18:32:00.000+02:00This was discussed on the mailing list some. They ...This was discussed on the mailing list some. <A HREF="http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2007-October/034125.html" REL="nofollow">They won't open source it</A> for some reason (Carnegie Mellon University, so I don't see why not, but...) according to Brion.<BR/><BR/>Simetrical also <A HREF="http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2007-October/034128.html" REL="nofollow">pointed out</A> that the captcha is reliant on their servers, which may not be able to deal with Wikipedia traffic. The developers would have to build in a backup, and a test for that backup, etc.<BR/><BR/>They should open source it... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-75798650289101310152008-08-18T15:12:00.000+02:002008-08-18T15:12:00.000+02:00Anarchopedia is using that (CMU) captcha for almos...<A HREF="http://anarchopedia.org/" REL="nofollow">Anarchopedia</A> is using that (<A HREF="http://www.cmu.edu" REL="nofollow">CMU</A>) captcha for almost a year.<BR/><BR/>It even allows anonymous edits without captcha, but asks for it only if some external link is added.<BR/><BR/>BTW, we didn't have any spam link after introducing CMU captcha.Milos Rancichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08774816504354080978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-51383337119614783372008-08-18T14:53:00.000+02:002008-08-18T14:53:00.000+02:00I completely agree.I've heard about reCaptchas bef...I completely agree.<BR/>I've heard about reCaptchas before and they're a really clever project. Leveraging the brainpower that is already being used in normal captchas to actually re-capture lost and poorly scanned books is a very worthy goal with a brilliant technical twist. <BR/><BR/>As you say, this fits right in to our mission of sharing knowledge. <BR/><BR/>(ironically, to post a comment here I have to fill out a traditional captcha...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com