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 === Regions Consistency ===
 I think we should shorten the region code for Australia and Russia to AU and RU. There is currently no consistency with the others(JP,NA,EU,KO) being two letter codes. [[User:Zephyrsurfer|Zephyrsurfer]] ([[User talk:Zephyrsurfer|talk]]) 09:48, 8 November 2014 (CET)
+=== Influx of Bot Generated Accounts ===
+I think we had discussed previously the accounts that seem to be generated by bots of some sort. The number of accounts registered is starting to get a bit ridiculous, even if there are no follow-up spam posts. Is the captcha/other constraints used configurable enough that they could be modified to stem the flow a bit? [[User:Kolano|Kolano]] ([[User talk:Kolano|talk]]) 17:39, 8 March 2014 (CET)
+It is configurable, but what do we do? It appears as though they have figured out our captcha trick for account creation but then get hit on the post captcha, so we just get tons of random accounts. But we don't even have access to IP addresses to find similarities for banning :(. Do you have any ideas? - [[User:MaJoR|MaJoR]] ([[User talk:MaJoR|talk]]) 09:52, 9 March 2014 (CET)
+I'd have a feeling that things aren't targeting this wiki specifically. Adding some additional custom query, even if it didn't change with each registration, in addition to the standard one provided by the captcha tool might cut things down. [[User:Kolano|Kolano]] ([[User talk:Kolano|talk]]) 17:18, 9 March 2014 (CET)
+Agreed. But I still need something more specific... Are you talking about a second captcha just for signing on? Or just a new custom query for our existing captcha system? - [[User:MaJoR|MaJoR]] ([[User talk:MaJoR|talk]]) 23:00, 9 March 2014 (CET)
+Wouldn't a simple solution do it? E.g. adding the "you need to type in the name of the emulator here" bit that we use for editing articles to the registration, and/or adding another captcha? That wouldn't be too complicated to implement, and is a good first attempt: if it doesn't succeed, ok, we'll have to look into some more "advanced" options, if it does, yay, simple solution to the problem. [[User:Incassum|incassum]] ([[User talk:Incassum|talk]]) 19:54, 10 March 2014 (CET)
+"you need to type in the name of the emulator here" is already in the registration process. - [[User:MaJoR|MaJoR]] ([[User talk:MaJoR|talk]]) 03:38, 11 March 2014 (CET)
+What about using more questions (randomly selecting one of them each time) or using a captcha method based on mouse input only, like these simple jigsaw puzzle based? Right now I remember of KeyCaptcha, but AFAIK it isn't free... [[User:Jhonn|Jhonn]] ([[User talk:Jhonn|talk]])
+=== Mass redirecting gameids ===
+Just a quick heads up: I've been running a script to automatically add about 500 missing gameid redirects (thanks to skid_au for the data!). See https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=500&hidebots=0 . It should be safe but if you notice anything weird, please tell me so I make it better next time.
+I'll also squash some double redirects while I'm at it. [[User:Delroth|delroth]] ([[User talk:Delroth|talk]]) 14:16, 25 August 2013 (CEST)
+Just adding a quick note here, that we likely need to run through the process that generated the GameID redirects initially again, as well as generally identifying where they are missing, since there are likely a variety of recently added games/pages without them now. [[User:Kolano|Kolano]] ([[User talk:Kolano|talk]]) 07:14, 7 November 2014 (CET)
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