I want to modify MediaWiki handling of user registration to add an anti bot check.
It looks like the addNewAccountInternal() method in the includes/SpecialUserlogin.php file is the right place to do it.
The problem is that nothing I change in that file seems to make any difference. Not even removing that file. I didn't install any kind of cache in the server.
I have already written the client side JavaScript code in the includes/templates/Userlogin.php file and it works as expected.
What am I missing?
The same file exists in includes/specials and there the modifications work.