[Mediawiki-l] can't edit SPECIAL pages

[BSeigel at weatrust.com]

Hi,

May I ask again: how do I regain rights to edit special pages like the 
sidebar?

What happens is: I submit the changes (clicking "save"), and get this 
message:

"Remember that this is only a preview, and has not yet been saved!"

I try to submit changes again, but the message keeps reappearing--it won't 
let me save changes.

See attached (colors reduced to save file size).



Thanks,

Ben Seigel
Web Design & Strategy
608.661.6697 ext 2163
"The internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a 
truck. It's a series of tubes."
-Senator Ted Stevens, R-Alaska





"Rob Church" <robchur at gmail.com>
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08/15/2006 01:58 PM
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On 15/08/06, BSeigel at weatrust.com <BSeigel at weatrust.com> wrote:
> "WARNING: This page has been locked so that only users with sysop
> privileges can edit it. Be sure you are following the protected page
> guidelines."

That warning means "you're editing a protected page, so be careful" -
you aren't being prevented from editing, just advised against doing
anything drastic.

It's used, e.g. on Wikipedia, to tell administrators not to edit
protected pages during content wars, etc.

> Also, I would like to prevent registration of new users, and block those
> not logged in from editing pages.

Take a look at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:$wgGroupPermissions


Rob Church
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