irc-bitchfest

[04:28:22]  grgspunk: I was just wondering. Is there any particular reason account registrations were disabled again, and is there anything actually being done to get it back up again?
[04:29:03]  Warzzz: dont know if the reason is different
[04:29:15]  Warzzz: so i cant tell you
[04:31:24]  grgspunk: I certainly hope the admins actually regularly visit the IRC to accept new registrations. It's not like the current userbase is going to be around indefinitely.
[04:33:15]  Warzzz: oh they do
[04:34:03]  grgspunk: It would actually be nice if they could put up time periods when they'll be on. Not everyone's going to be in the same timezone.
[04:34:42]  Warzzz: could just PM them..
[04:35:41]  grgspunk: What was the reason they disabled it last time?
[04:36:37]  Warzzz: think it was botspam
[04:36:43]  Warzzz: dont quote me on that
[04:37:57]  grgspunk: You mean bogus accounts were being made by a bot?
[04:38:13]  Warzzz: i believe that was the case..
[04:38:39]  grgspunk: You've got to be kidding me.
[04:39:20]  grgspunk: I'm pretty sure that's something a little CAPCHA or email verification wouldn't have solved.
[04:39:35]  grgspunk: *CAPTCHA
[04:40:55]  Warzzz: im hardly the person to talk about this with
[04:41:15]  grgspunk: Wow grammar much? I mean it ISN'T something a little CAPTCHA or email verification wouldn't have solved.
[04:41:17]  Warzzz: pretty sure its been discussed at one point or another
[04:42:08]  grgspunk: So why haven't we seen anything? We already have to inpu CAPTCHA whenever we make edits with links.
[04:42:42]  Warzzz: like i said, i wouldnt know
[04:42:59]  Warzzz: for all i know, its not even bots
[04:43:57]  grgspunk: It's kinda ridiculuous though. You can't expect the wiki to grow if you don't have a user-friendly way to let new users register.
[04:46:54]  Warzzz: im sure they are aware of this
[04:48:33]  grgspunk: I hope so.  How are the admins here? I wouldn't want to get caught with a communty that deliberately tries to make it difficult for new users to come and edit.
[04:49:15]  Warzzz: what do you mean 'how are they?'
[04:49:45]  grgspunk: Are they cool? Do they respond to problems quickly? That kind of thing.
[04:49:52]  Warzzz: generally, yea
[04:52:31]  grgspunk: Well in any case, I hope this gets resolved, because requiring anyone to use IRC to do anything isn't exactly what I'd define as "user-friendly".