Registration is temporarily disabled

[René]

Hi all,

It seems that spam bots decide to become our members and 'bombing' our forum with registrations

Registration of new members is disabled temporarily due to this reason. I'll update this topic once it is open again.

Sorry for any inconveniences.

R.

[cavagnaro]

Funny they suscribe but don't post...

[René]

As you probably noticed, registration of new members is allowed again.

R.

[victor]

Rene, we have a boatload of new people registering again. I do not understand how they get past CAPTCHA and basic questions!!! This is very weird! I wonder if it is OpenID. I have disabled it - let's see if this will stem the flow. I just doubt that computers would understand how to reply to such an intelligent question as what is the capital of UK!

TIL: England is not a country. 

[Adam G.]

[quote author=victor link=topic=7500.msg32255#msg32255 date=1353999310]TIL: England is not a country. 
[/quote]

Yes it is  There are 4 countries in the UK 

Same answer though.

[René]

Hi Vic,

I don't understand either how they pass captcha and the questions... I was thinking about making the questions most difficult e.g. what is capital of Czech Republic (my country) but had doubts if it isn't too difficult even for human being

Hope that disabling OpenID will help. We should do some cleaning of member's database as there are thousands of registered bots and it would be nightmare if they 'wake up'

@Pavel - Thanks for supporting me

R.

PS. England is definitely country - [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England[/url] - as Wikipedia never lies

[cindyjohn]

yes it is

[cavagnaro]

[quote author=cindyjohn link=topic=7500.msg32442#msg32442 date=1355377740]
yes it is
[/quote]
XD how ironic...talking about spam bots and one replies...so cute this bastard XD

[victor]

Ok, England is a country inside Britain but Britain is not a country.

[Adam G.]

[quote author=victor link=topic=7500.msg32490#msg32490 date=1355652502]
Ok, England is a country inside Britain but Britain is not a country.
[/quote]

..... oh boy.... 

England is a country on the island of Great Britain, on which there are 3 countries  - England, Wales and Scotland. Ireland is also an island but comprising of 2 countries (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). Great Britain and N. Ireland are the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland aka the UK. The Republic used to be part of the UK until about 90 years ago..... Before the Republic became independent there were also 4 countries in the UK and not 5 as logic would dictate.

How to open up a can of worms....

W

[cavagnaro]

finally understand all that mess