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This extension, mentioned here, sounds like it would help keep away the spammer bots fairly well. Vol (Talk)

Well, it seems ok, but does this extension also forces registered users? Personally, I don't have much of a problem with that, as I almost always preview before editing, but it can still be a bore. {Espyo^T} 13:33, 17 January 2011 (EST)

Espyo, as indicated on the extension page, you can exempt any group you choose from having to preview. I say don't have it for logged-in users, but it would be good for anonymous editors, yes. I'll just assume everyone agrees and tell Porple to install it... GP

Yeah, I read it but I wasn't 100% sure if it meant that. That said, I say we install this extension. I'm sure Porplemontage will agree as well. {Espyo^T} 19:06, 17 January 2011 (EST)

Oh, if you wanted some sort of reason for not enabling it for registered users, look at the minor edits I just made to treasure pages - this is the sort of thing a normal user might feasibly want to do, and takes much longer if you're forced to preview every edit first. GP

I agree on enabling it for anonymous users. --FREAK ~Game Freak~OUT!

Alien Billboard/journal still managed to be spammed after the force preview extension was installed. I tested it out while I was logged out and it works fine. Porple suggested requiring "a math problem to be solved by all guests (which is currently only required by guests adding new links)". Vol (Talk)

Mm, I guess I'm for it. I may look into if there's a way the force preview thing can be bypassed - otherwise, I guess this means this is real people spamming stuff. I guess it accounts for the relatively low amount of such edits, at least... GP

Just noticed after blocking that he keeps changing his IP. D'oh well. I'm also for the math thing.--Prezintenden

This is seriously getting pathetic. Can we just lock the site to anons already?! --FREAK ~Game Freak~OUT!

I agree with Gamefreak. On Pikmin Fanon we have already blocked anons beacuse of static ip addresses and all of that lovely suff. The one and only,Peanut64.

*dynamic? Well, uh, wait to see if the captcha/whatever-you-call-it extension does anything. I'm still a bit loathe to ban anonymous users altogether, and see it as a last resort. GP

Yes. Dynamic. Excuse my following excuse which is copasetic. And, yes copasetic is a word. I was busy slacking off and couldn't remember the static/dynamic contrast, but likewise It doesn't matter. I think that Captcha is a very nice extension that most web sites use now. It has a toolbar-like appendage that is "supposed to help". I just think it's another random picture of words generated to not let bots detect letter characters to get past its security. The one and only,Peanut64.