Maniphest T100706

Revamp anti-spamming strategies and improve UX
Open, Needs TriagePublic
Actions

Assigned To

None

Authored By

	aaron
	May 28 2015, 9:17 PM

Tags

Referenced Files

None

Subscribers

Description

We should investigate:

a) Using dns spamblacklists to avoid spam
b) Re-audit all of our rate limits (e.g. for edits), including CIDR policy
c) Only show captchas after IPs show certain amounts of activity
d) Exclude "trusted" users (algorithmically) from captchas
e) Likewise for abusefilter
f) Make good use of Extension:AntiBot

Also see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit/FancyCaptcha_experiments

Related Objects

Mentioned In: T241921: Fix Wikimedia captchas
T158909: Automatically detect spambot registration using machine learning (like invisible reCAPTCHA)
T174874: Create a standalone Wikimedia CAPTCHA service
T173055: Saner defaults for preventing spam

Event Timeline

aaron created this task.May 28 2015, 9:17 PM

aaron raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.

aaron updated the task description. (Show Details)

aaron added a subscriber: aaron.

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptMay 28 2015, 9:17 PM

aaron added a project: Performance Issue.May 28 2015, 9:17 PM

aaron set Security to None.

aaron added a subscriber: • Gilles.

aaron updated the task description. (Show Details)May 28 2015, 9:24 PM

aaron updated the task description. (Show Details)

Aklapper mentioned this in T173055: Saner defaults for preventing spam.Aug 11 2017, 9:58 AM

Aklapper mentioned this in T174874: Create a standalone Wikimedia CAPTCHA service.Sep 3 2017, 9:42 PM

MarcoAurelio added a project: Stewards-and-global-tools.Sep 11 2017, 12:38 PM

MarcoAurelio added a subscriber: MarcoAurelio.

Volker_E mentioned this in T158909: Automatically detect spambot registration using machine learning (like invisible reCAPTCHA) .Sep 12 2017, 11:21 PM

MarcoAurelio moved this task from Untriaged to High priority on the Stewards-and-global-tools board.Sep 14 2017, 9:51 AM

Shivangi95 added a subscriber: Shivangi95.Sep 20 2017, 9:51 AM

Tgr mentioned this in T241921: Fix Wikimedia captchas.Jan 8 2020, 8:55 AM