Spambot Prevention Suggestions

[EricH]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

Ask FIRST for the list of mentors they use to control access to the official question forum.
Then ask those mentors to register at ChiefDelphi.
Then give them the ability to confirm team member registrations.

Not happening, for the following reasons:
1) Probably half the mentors won't register, unless it's required (and FIRST won't require it, I'm sure). And confirming team member registrations? Har.
2) The odds of a spambot using a given team number are slim--but the odds of them using 0000 are pretty decent.
3) Restricts Chief Delphi to only FIRSTers--which doesn't help with growing FIRST at all.

Essentially, that places a burden on the mods the first few times any given new member posts. As I noted earlier, I think the mod list needs a shakeup before any more work is placed on them.

The location tracking, and mentor approval... I think that's a bit clunky.

Oh, wait, I know! What's the most current version of vBulletin again, and which version are we on? (hint: they aren't the same)