John, The Captcha problem essentially freezes the wiki from the perspective of adding or modifying links; contributors can’t (for example) fix erroneous links like the one for OFX on the Glossary page that links to a 404. That’s a problem that only grows worse.
David > On Apr 3, 2018, at 9:36 PM, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Apr 3, 2018, at 9:12 AM, pjlbyrne <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I found a typo on the gnucash wiki so I attempted to register in order to >> fix it. >> >> Firstly, the captcha box on the registration form appears to be broken. It >> refers to an 'obsolete version 1 captcha' and has a link to the newer >> version. >> >> Secondly, I did get an account on the wiki but I don't seem to have >> permission to edit pages. How do I acquire this please? >> >> Perhaps these 2 issues are related? > > They're not. The captcha issue was raised a couple of weeks ago but Derek > hasn't had a chance to fix it yet. > > There's a one-week "cooling off period" between getting an account and it > being authorized for editing. That was in place as an anti-spam measure > before we required applying for an account and hasn't yet been removed. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
