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sixwheeledbeast	2012-09-02 , 08:46
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Originally Posted by MartinK

I suppose some CAPTCHAs here and there (new threads & wiki edits) for low karma users might be enough - as most of this spamming is probably automated and not done by living persons.

Setting an explicit karma limit might turn to catch-22 situation fairly quickly.

I completely agree you can't stop people from adding to wiki's, loads of unregistered users have provided useful info over many years.
Also the wiki page has a simple math problem to avoid autobots.

From the information that is spammed on the wiki's it seems like it may not be autobots anyway.

As for TMO I like the idea of captcha's also I wish it would direct you to the beginners wiki page's for the first few posts.

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