Changes: Help:Captcha

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Captchas are a simple test to determine whether or not an edit is made by a bot - an automated wiki editing program, often used by spammers and vandals. Users trying to make certain types of edits may be asked to check a confirmation box before saving the page.

Fandom uses reCAPTCHA to protect our communities from these undesirable edits. Captchas are currently presented when an unregistered or non-autoconfirmed user adds an external link - not a [[wikilink]], but one which links to an external site.

Can I avoid captchas?

Registered users who have been with Fandom for four days or more should not see the captcha. If you do, please log out and back in again.

Authorized bots can be exempted from captchas. Please ask Fandom Staff if you need your editing bot flagged in this way.

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+{{tocright}}'''Captchas''' are a simple test to determine whether or not an edit is made by a [[Help:bots|bot]] - an automated wiki editing program, often used by [[Help:spam|spammers]] and [[Help:vandalism|vandals]]. Users trying to make certain types of [[Help:editing|edits]] may be asked to check a confirmation box before saving the page.
-{{tocright}}
-A '''captcha''' is a simple test to determine whether or not an edit is made by a [[Help:bots|bot]] -- an automated wiki editing program, often used by [[Help:spam|spammers]] and vandals. Users trying to make certain types of edits will be asked to type in the letters they see in an image, or to solve a simple equation, before saving the page.
+[[File:Captcha.png|thumb|260px|reCAPTCHA attempts to filter out automated edits]]
-Wikia uses the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit ConfirmEdit extension] to protect our communities from these undesirable edits.
+Fandom uses reCAPTCHA to protect our communities from these undesirable edits. Captchas are currently presented when an unregistered or non-autoconfirmed user adds an [[Help:Links|external link]] - not a <nowiki>[[wikilink]]</nowiki>, but one which links to [http://www.google.com an external site].
-==When are captchas used?==
-[[File:Captcha.png|frame|right|Blurry words attempt to filter out automated edits]]
-Captchas are presented when an unregistered or very new user:
-* [[Help:Why create an account?|Creates an account ]]
-* Adds an [[Help:External link|external link]] -- not a <nowiki>[[wikilink]]</nowiki>, but one which links to [http://www.google.com an external site]
-* Attempts to remove all content from a page
-==Can I prevent the display of captchas?==
+== Can I avoid captchas? ==
-Registered users who have been with Wikia for four days or more should '''not''' see the captcha. If you do, please log out and back in again.
+Registered users who have been with Fandom for four days or more should '''not''' see the captcha. If you do, please log out and back in again.
-Authorized bots can be exempted from captchas. Please ask the [[Special:Contact|Community Team]] if you need your editing bot flagged in this way.
+Authorized bots can be exempted from captchas. Please ask [[Special:Contact|Fandom Staff]] if you need your editing bot flagged in this way.
-==See also==
+== See also ==
-* [[Wikipedia:Captcha]]
+* [[wikipedia:Captcha|Captcha on Wikipedia]]
-* Spam can be reported to the [[w:c:vstf|vstf]]
+* Spam can be reported to the [[w:c:vstf|VSTF]].
-==Further Help & Feedback==
+== Further help and feedback ==
-{{Help and feedback section}}
+{{Help and feedback section}}__NOTOC__
-__NOTOC__
-[[Category:Help|Captcha]]
+[[be:Даведка:Captcha]]
+[[ca:Ajuda:Captcha]]
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-[[ja:Help:Captcha]]
+[[fi:Ohje:Kuvanvarmennus]]
+[[fr:Aide:CAPTCHA]]
+[[ja:ヘルプ:Captcha]]
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+[[pl:Pomoc:Captcha]]
+[[pt:Ajuda:Captcha]]
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+[[tr:Yardım:Captcha]]
+[[uk:Довідка:CAPTСHA]]
-[[pl:Pomoc:Captcha]]
+[[zh:Help:验证码]]
+[[Category:Help|Captcha]]