[Mediawiki-l] edit MediaWiki:Sidebar

[Platonides]

Zhiliang Hu wrote:
> I am running mediawiki 1.6.9.
> 
> When I login to edit the side bar - MediaWiki:Sidebar, the "edit" tag 
> is not there.

You need to be a sysop. Use the account created during install.

> When I clicked "view source" tag, the following page shows:
> 
>     "This page has been locked to prevent editing;
>      there are a number of reasons why this may be so,
>      please see 
> <http://www.animalgenome.org:2358/wiki/mediawiki/index.php?title=Infopedia:Protected_page&action=edit>Project:Protected 
> page. "
> 
> but the 
> "<http://www.animalgenome.org:2358/wiki/mediawiki/index.php?title=Infopedia:Protected_page&action=edit>Project:Protected 
> page" links not to a information page but an editor box.

The wiki owner is supposed to create that page explaining the reasons he 
protects pages.