How Should We Deal With Spam

Lets put our discussion here.

Current Spam Prevention

Secret we cannot let the terrorists know

How Bad is it Now

• Dec 2007

A real problem, reverting takes a lot of time and seems to last about a day.

• Mar 10 2008

Seems much better, perhaps acceptable. DavidCary ? must have changed something.

Methods We Might Use

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Method	In use	Brief Discussion Pro/Con	Vote For with your user name
Shoot Them	No	Pro: Last time they spam. Con: Cost of amo	Hitler Bush
Edits from Registere Uer Only	No	Pro: Might help Con: Some may not want to have to reiter prior to editing. How can we be Open Circuits if we are closed?
Captcha for Non-Registered Users	?	Pro: Might help, lets unregistered users comment. Encourages registration Con: Who wants to type in a Captcha
Captcha for All	No	Pro: Might help Con: Sucks
Register after Email Confirmation	?	Pro: Might Help Con: Makes it even harder to register.
Block Users or IP addresses that Spam	Yes	Pro: Might help if spammers do not spoof thier ip addresses or have means of changing them. Con: Lots of work for admin. Ther may be too many of them for the number of us.