Last modified: 2013-09-18 06:57:37 UTC
I don't know the workings of Antispoof, but it seems to me that it was created for something specific; to distinct Admins or maybe other important users from others. However it effects all usernames, which to me just is not approriate. i wanted to register with my favorite username "lLenn" only to be told that "LLenn" (note: double capital l) and that it resembles the username "Lienn". Now, I can understand the importance of this tool, but please, either have a blacklist of words to check against or just remove this extension.
There's no way you can have lLenn if LLenn already exists, irregardless of MediaWiki is case insensitive on the first character, so lLEnn and LLenn are the same. How can we have a blacklist? It's purposely there to prevent "versions" of the same name (spammers "prentending" to be other users)
Sry, a small grammarmistake on my part, the "and that it" after the brackets shouldn't be there. I meant to say: Only to be told that "LLenn" resembles "Lienn".
But, you know, nevermind, not that I can be pissed off at the developers for implementing stupid shit because they're scared of spammers. So I apologize. So, how's it going with captha? Have robots surpasses the humaneye yet?
(In reply to comment #1) > How can we have a blacklist? It's purposely there to prevent "versions" of > the > same name (spammers "prentending" to be other users) Well sysops can override it if they want, But I doubt there are many cases. (In reply to comment #3) > But, you know, nevermind, not that I can be pissed off at the developers for > implementing stupid shit because they're scared of spammers. It's more than spammers, Personally I don't want someone to create a name visually similar to mine by using a exotic unicode character to the likes.
(In reply to comment #4) > It's more than spammers, Personally I don't want someone to create a name > visually similar to mine by using a exotic unicode character to the likes. I understand, I always disliked the fact that somebody else got to register my username before me and maybe that's why I freaked out this time, because it's the first time I'm told that somebody else has the same nick similar to mine. After some thinking, I have cooled down and can understand the reasons behind it.
