Ben, At the moment there is no project lead on OL. So although Anand can make the technical changes, I'm not sure that there is a way to make *decisions* about OL.
I just wanted to make it clear that Anand is not shirking his duty but is actually taking on extra duties at times because he's about the only one working on OL right now. I think we need to find a way to have a discussion with Brewster about the future of OL and how it will be able to respond to user needs. Brewster may be more interested in talking about that after the transition to the IA platform is completed -- that seems to be foremost in his mind at the moment. kc On 2/26/13 5:36 AM, Anand Chitipothu wrote: > 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] >> <mailto:[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 outdated info on the Bots <http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/bots> >>> page, which linked to the openlibrary/openlibrary Github repo >>> >>> <https://github.com/openlibrary/openlibrary/blob/master/openlibrary/api.py>, >>> where it should probably link to the internetarchive/openlibrary >>> Github repo >>> >>> <https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/master/openlibrary/api.py>. >>> >>> John >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Ben Companjen >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[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 outdated", or the specification of the contents of dump files 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 <http://openlibrary.org/help> >>> says: 'You are welcome to edit/correct any errors or >>> omissions you see >>> on openlibrary.org <http://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] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ol-tech mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-tech mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-tech mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[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] > -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ 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]
