User:Lieutenant S. Reznov/Using ConfirmAccount for anti-spam

The extension Confirm Account was created for use with the wiki Citzendium that sought to compete with Wikipedia by providing much stricter access controls to who could register accounts and edit the wiki. Their Confirm Account setup, as well as the default that comes with the extension, presents prospective users with a fairly intense and demanding form for creating new accounts through approval by authorized administrators. The extension is very customizable though, and it is possible to create a much simpler form for requesting new accounts; this allows other wikis to use Confirm Account to prevent spammer and vandal registrations. Confirm Account is nearly perfect for this purpose, but comes with several considerations and possible disadvantages.