MediaWiki talk:Captchahelp-text

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There is zero the admins can do about this. The link to WP:AN is totally useless, we need an alternative piece of advice because they just get frustrated there. GDonato (talk) 17:05, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Right, other than tell someone to wait 15 minutes.  I wasn't even aware that the link on the help page led to WP:AN so when a request came in I responded with "how is this an admin issue"?  Maybe direct them to the Village Pump technical page?--Isotope23 17:17, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

text: As a user using a screen reader, I think one solution would be to add to that page sections about when CAPTCHAS are presented, and ways to get around them for each type of captcha.  For example, "If you're trying to edit a page, request that another user make the chanes for you (perhaps on the articles talk page?).  If you're logging in and have just entered a bad password, you need only wait 5 minutes before you can try again without a CAPTCHA.", etc, etc.  I just spent a bunch of time on the admin board when they couldn't help me, and all I really needed to do apparently was wait 5 minutes; saying that somewhere would have been useful.  On a related note, someone posted above about becoming an autoconfirmed user; can someone tell me how to do this on my talk page, so I can perhaps avoid these problems in future?  Thanks! Fastfinge 17:25, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There seem to be three contexts in which this help screen will appear; creating an account, logging in, and adding external links to articles.  I have created bullet points for each.  Hopefully this will help. Thatcher131 18:29, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it does, there is still the 15 minute inconvenience but it is far better. I didn't think of that. Thanks, GDonato (talk) 18:43, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The other ways to bypass the captcha entirely is either to email yourself a new password, or change your IP address and delete your cookies (you must do both, either one alone and the server will still remember you) which, depending on various variables, could take even longer.  Any long term solution would have to come from the developers, I think. Thatcher131 18:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

text: No, it's the 'external link added by non-autoconfirmed user' trigger that's designed to catch spambots and warn would-be human spammers about nofollow. The CAPTCHA can be bypassed by simply asking a different user to add the link, or by waiting 4 days. --ais523 12:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Admins

message: Please could you remove (or alter) the phrase 'Hit the 'back' button in your browser to return to the page editor.' as it is not always relevant - I got to message from clicking on 'more about captcha' from MediaWiki:Fancycaptcha-createaccount for example. cheese --Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 18:16, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: . People should know how to use the back button in their browser anyway. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:24, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  back button 

message: Please correct:
:On Wikipedia you may be asked to fulfil a CAPTCHA when adding new web links to a page
to any of the below:
:On Wikipedia you may be asked to fill in a CAPTCHA when adding new web links to a page
:On Wikipedia you may be asked to solve a CAPTCHA when adding new web links to a page
:On Wikipedia you may be asked to answer a CAPTCHA when adding new web links to a page
If anyone can think of something else, that would be great. Most importantly, the current text has an error that should be corrected. PleaseStand (talk) 21:00, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: . It was not totally an error, "fulfil" (British English) can mean "fill in" - but the UK spelling might confuse some editors, so it's been changed to "fill in"  Ronhjones  (Talk) 23:51, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling error 

message: In the "Options" list, please add something to the effect of
* If you are unable to solve CAPTCHAs, you may request a CAPTCHA exemption on meta.
The wording of the bullet point could probably use some work.
This permission is designed for people who cannot solve captchas (e.g. because they are visually impaired), I think it would be a good idea to signpost its existence. 86.23.109.101 (talk) 23:47, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll let another admin make the final call here, but is this really a good idea? Logged out users can't make use of this advice, because permissions can't be  granted to them. For logged-in users, since CAPTCHAs are only triggered when adding a link, it's almost always easier to make enough edits to become autoconfirmed and thus not need to solve CAPTCHAs anymore than to beg the stewards for an exemption. The one exception is if emergency CAPTCHA mode is enabled, however in my experience the emergency will almost certainly be over by the time the stewards would have granted the right. * Pppery * it has begun... 23:59, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

text: that isn't available to logged out users, and the fix for here on the English Wikipedia is to become autoconfirmed (or even locally confirmed) - not to go send someone off to go ask about an extremely niche global flag. — xaosflux Talk 00:11, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected edit request on 27 August 2023