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Wiki Policy? [message #165069] Thu, 21 April 2011 04:16 Go to next message
Dayo is currently offline  Dayo   Iraq
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I noticed after registering on the Wiki that I have no edit rights (Or at least i can't figure out how to do so)

Can I have some clarification on what the policy is?

1. Can users contribute to the docs in true "wiki" style?
2. If not, due to spam etc, why allow account creation?

Thanks

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165070 is a reply to message #165069] Thu, 21 April 2011 06:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
naudefj is currently offline  naudefj   South Africa
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You should be able to edit if you've verified your e-mail address.

Anyway, I've promoted you to admin. That should help...

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165071 is a reply to message #165070] Thu, 21 April 2011 09:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dayo is currently offline  Dayo   Bahrain
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When I look at a page, I see...

You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: emailconfirmed.

When I registered, I got put into autoconfirmed and didn't get asked to do anything further.

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165072 is a reply to message #165071] Thu, 21 April 2011 11:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
naudefj is currently offline  naudefj   South Africa
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I've made a couple of changes to the wiki's settings. Please let me know if it helps.

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165073 is a reply to message #165072] Thu, 21 April 2011 12:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dayo is currently offline  Dayo   Bahrain
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I can now see that there is a bit about confirming email address in the prefs (must have been there all the time).

I can confirm one thing ... the email confirmation request is NOT getting sent.

Can you try registering an account and seeing if you receive the email?

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165074 is a reply to message #165073] Thu, 21 April 2011 12:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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More changes applied. You should be able to edit now.

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165075 is a reply to message #165074] Thu, 21 April 2011 13:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dayo is currently offline  Dayo   Bahrain
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OK, I can edit but note that the confirmation email doesn't appear to have ever been sent or to put it more accurately, doesn't make it to my gmail account. Maybe gmail is blocking it upstream although I note the forum subscription notices are received but then, that is from a different domain.

Basically, I still can't confirm the email address no matter how many times I click the link.

[Updated on: Thu, 21 April 2011 13:28]

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165076 is a reply to message #165075] Thu, 21 April 2011 13:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dayo is currently offline  Dayo   Bahrain
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Last one, I think, limited file uploads should be allowed (gif, png, jpeg maybe) for screenshots.

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165077 is a reply to message #165076] Thu, 21 April 2011 14:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
naudefj is currently offline  naudefj   South Africa
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Looks like file uploads are already enabled.

PS: I've got my confirmation mail from the wiki Smile

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165078 is a reply to message #165077] Thu, 21 April 2011 14:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dayo is currently offline  Dayo   Bahrain
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Strange on the emails! I must have tried it 20 times or so. I'll leave that at that.

I can see the file upload link now that I looked properly.

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165079 is a reply to message #165078] Thu, 21 April 2011 14:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dayo is currently offline  Dayo   Bahrain
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File upload fails

Upload warning

Could not create directory "public/a/ab".

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165080 is a reply to message #165079] Thu, 21 April 2011 15:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
naudefj is currently offline  naudefj   South Africa
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That looks all too familiar.
Last time I've got that error I had to manually create the directories on the server.

EDIT: Please retry or mail the file to me to upload.

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Re: Wiki Policy? [message #165081 is a reply to message #165080] Thu, 21 April 2011 16:26 Go to previous message
Dayo is currently offline  Dayo   Bahrain
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Thanks.

I have more than one potentially.
I think I'll just go text only.

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