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by dotancohen 2585 days ago
I once signed up for a chess website that asked a non-trivial question to enable signup. I didn't know the answer, but with a quick google I was able to find it.

I think that's great. One must either be passingly-familiar with the subject matter to participate, or be reasonably intelligent enough to google things you don't know. Some mild gate-keeping does good for a community.