Author: dunc_harris

Description:
A CAPTCHA has to be solved by new users/logged-out users if they create a new external link. This is to prevent spamming, OK great. So why do it to websites that reliable?

examples:

media websites, e.g.

• bbc.co.uk
• nytimes.com

government websites
-.gov
-.gov.uk

• .mod.uk

misc, e.g.

• jstor.org

etc?

Now links to Wikimedia websites are be approved without the CAPTCHA. So presumably there is a list (somewhere) of approved websites, and this can be extended?

If so there needs to be a process whereby such sites are suggested, approved, and then added to the system.

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement