[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] suppress creating accounts by bots/scripts (#1083)

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@HolgerJeromin, to filter out scripted accounts (they semi-defeat benefits of the registration). It may work for very active communities. Creditability of users matters in OSM, probably even more than in Wikimedia projects.

I can buy hundreds of accounts virtually anywhere on the black market. Doesn't mean I would work with them for anything _good_.

But - as Simon pointed - it is painful in OSM: logins can span years.

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