Hi Ben, Currently only admins can edit those pages. I'm thinking of ways to enable allowing editing to super users without making them admins.
Anand On 26-Feb-2013, at 2:53 PM, Ben Companjen wrote: > Anand, could you please also address the main question that I started this > thread with? > Thanks! > > Ben > > On Feb 26, 2013 9:18 AM, "Anand Chitipothu" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 For my own part, I ran into some outdated info 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 outdated", or the specification of the contents of dump files (":TODO: 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] > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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