Thanks for the pointing the issue John. I've fixed it now. Anand
On 26-Feb-2013, at 7:14 AM, John Shutt wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm also curious about this. For my own part, I ran into some outdated info > on the Bots page, which linked to the openlibrary/openlibrary Github repo, > where it should probably link to the internetarchive/openlibrary Github repo. > > John > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Ben Companjen <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi Anand, other Internet Archivists, > > This has been asked before, I'm sure, but if there was ever an answer, > it probably wasn't satisfactory to some (including me). > > Why are so many pages with information about Open Library locked up > for normal users? > I see so many pages that start with "this page is really really > outdated", or the specification of the contents of dump files (":TODO: > :TODO: :TODO:"), but clicking Edit always returns "Permission denied". > That is not really user friendly, especially when openlibrary.org/help > says: 'You are welcome to edit/correct any errors or omissions you see > on openlibrary.org - it's an open, editable wiki. (Just look for the > "EDIT" button.)'. > > And speaking of /help: coincidentally I noticed that it was just > edited by Jessamyn West, who doesn't seem to have any relationship > with the Internet Archive [1]. There must be a policy for selecting > people who are given the rights to edit. > I'd like that policy to be clear, preferably via /help. > May I suggest to add to the policy that people who would like rights > to edit, introduce themselves on the ol-discussion list (this list) > and are then given that permission when there is no suspicion of > planned vandalism? It could also have the effect of creation of a > community (and a way to address editors). Although there seem to be > plenty of book editors and new members, I think it would benefit Open > Library to have more than a couple of people who know how things work > around OL and who also interact via email. > > Thanks for your reply! > > Regards, > > Ben > > [1] Bios of (former) IA employees: <http://archive.org/about/bios.php> > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected]
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