On Jan 26, 2008 3:48 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On wikis were anon page creation is blocked (which is far from every wiki - it may well be a minority), yes, I guess 403 would be correct (and for blocked users, anon users on wikis completely closed to anon editing, protected pages... only issue with some of those is that they're temporary, does 403 meant to be used for temporary restrictions?).
It doesn't seem like it: "The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. Authorization will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated." It's still the closest fit, I guess, given no 500 errors, and such pages are in a minority anyway.
We could also do 201 for page creation. And of course, 409 is just perfect for edit conflicts! :)