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ConfirmEdit extension for MediaWiki

This extension provides various CAPTCHA tools for MediaWiki, to allow
for protection against spambots and other automated tools.

For more information, see the extension homepage at:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit

== Overview ==

The following modules are included in ConfirmEdit:

* SimpleCaptcha - users have to solve an arithmetic math problem
* MathCaptcha - users have to solve a math problem that's displayed as
an image
* FancyCaptcha - users have to identify a series of characters, displayed
in a stylized way
* QuestyCaptcha - users have to answer a question, out of a series of
questions defined by the administrator(s)
* ReCaptcha - users have to identify a series of characters, either
visually or audially, from a widget provided by the reCAPTCHA service
* Asirra - users have to identify the cats in a set of photos of cats
and dogs, from a widget provided by the Microsoft Asirra service

== License ==

ConfirmEdit is published under the GPL license.
 
== Authors ==

The main framework, and the SimpleCaptcha and FancyCaptcha modules, were
written by Brion Vibber.

The MathCaptcha module was written by Rob Church.

The QuestyCaptcha module was written by Benjamin Lees.

The reCAPTCHA module was written by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer.

The Asirra module was written by Bachsau.

Additional maintenance work was done by Yaron Koren.
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`ConfirmEdit extension for MediaWiki`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`This extension provides various CAPTCHA tools for MediaWiki, to allow`
			`for protection against spambots and other automated tools.`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`For more information, see the extension homepage at:`
			`http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`== Overview ==`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`The following modules are included in ConfirmEdit:`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`* SimpleCaptcha - users have to solve an arithmetic math problem`
			`* MathCaptcha - users have to solve a math problem that's displayed as`
			`an image`
			`* FancyCaptcha - users have to identify a series of characters, displayed`
			`in a stylized way`
			`* QuestyCaptcha - users have to answer a question, out of a series of`
			`questions defined by the administrator(s)`
			`* ReCaptcha - users have to identify a series of characters, either`
			`visually or audially, from a widget provided by the reCAPTCHA service`
Version 1.1: Asirra module added 2011-07-12 17:27:56 +00:00			`* Asirra - users have to identify the cats in a set of photos of cats`
			`and dogs, from a widget provided by the Microsoft Asirra service`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`== License ==`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`ConfirmEdit is published under the GPL license.`

			`== Authors ==`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`The main framework, and the SimpleCaptcha and FancyCaptcha modules, were`
			`written by Brion Vibber.`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`The MathCaptcha module was written by Rob Church.`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`The QuestyCaptcha module was written by Benjamin Lees.`
Captcha class using simple sums and the math renderer. Not brilliant, but enough to dissuade casual spam bots. 2006-06-12 19:56:17 +00:00
Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`The reCAPTCHA module was written by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer.`
* Update messages for QuestyCaptcha * stylize.php and trailing whitespace removed for ConfirmEdit * add support for QuestyCaptcha to Translate * svn execute bits removed 2009-07-19 15:13:01 +00:00
Version 1.1: Asirra module added 2011-07-12 17:27:56 +00:00			`The Asirra module was written by Bachsau.`

Overhauled, to serve as a README for the entire extension 2011-01-31 05:46:45 +00:00			`Additional maintenance work was done by Yaron Koren.`