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:As a means of reporting technical problems with registration to registered users, for one. Almost all automated vandalism gets reverted within twenty-four hours anyway. And because some drive-by edits have in fact been constructive. --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] ([[User talk:Tepples|talk]]) 18:29, 27 March 2014 (MDT)
:As a means of reporting technical problems with registration to registered users, for one. Almost all automated vandalism gets reverted within twenty-four hours anyway. And because some drive-by edits have in fact been constructive. --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] ([[User talk:Tepples|talk]]) 18:29, 27 March 2014 (MDT)
:It also makes spambots less likely to skip immediately to the sign-up page. Instead, they try to post on whatever pages anonymous visitors can post on, where the [[Special:AbuseFilter|ABUSE filter]] picks up on behavior patterns in the bot software. Looking at all the [[Special:AbuseLog|$#!+ that ''doesn't'' get through]] helps me figure out how to stop even those spambots that bother to register. --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] ([[User talk:Tepples|talk]]) 19:54, 16 July 2014 (MDT)
:It also makes spambots less likely to skip immediately to the sign-up page. Instead, they try to post on whatever pages anonymous visitors can post on, where the [[Special:AbuseFilter|ABUSE filter]] picks up on behavior patterns in the bot software. Looking at all the [[Special:AbuseLog|$#!+ that ''doesn't'' get through]] helps me figure out how to stop even those spambots that bother to register. --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] ([[User talk:Tepples|talk]]) 19:54, 16 July 2014 (MDT)
== Testing URL additions for mediawiki upgrade ==
http://www.doesthisdeterspammers.com/

Revision as of 00:41, 16 March 2015

Layout test pages

If you have any example of layout for the wiki that you would like to share, please make a link to your examples here.

Would be nice if the http://nesdev.org/ main page made it clearer that all the up-to-date stuff is on the wiki. It's just two links and fairly easy to miss. -Ulfalizer (talk) 09:32, 12 April 2013 (MDT)

Anonymous editing

Why are non-registered users allowed to edit talk pages ? Bregalad (talk) 09:23, 27 March 2014 (MDT)

As a means of reporting technical problems with registration to registered users, for one. Almost all automated vandalism gets reverted within twenty-four hours anyway. And because some drive-by edits have in fact been constructive. --Tepples (talk) 18:29, 27 March 2014 (MDT)
It also makes spambots less likely to skip immediately to the sign-up page. Instead, they try to post on whatever pages anonymous visitors can post on, where the ABUSE filter picks up on behavior patterns in the bot software. Looking at all the $#!+ that doesn't get through helps me figure out how to stop even those spambots that bother to register. --Tepples (talk) 19:54, 16 July 2014 (MDT)

Testing URL additions for mediawiki upgrade

http://www.doesthisdeterspammers.com/