[Mediawiki-l] Q: I have sysop but I can't edit stuff

[Henry Hartley]

On 4/16/2010 8:05 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: £ukasz Garczewski<tor at wikia-inc.com>
>
>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Tom Medhurst
>> <tom.medhurst at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>>> Thanks Lucas,
>>> Sorry, I forgot to mention that I do not have an edit button on
>>> the MediaWiki:Sidebar page either, just: Message, Discussion, Create, and
>>> Watch.
>>
>> Click "create". :)
>>
>> For the rest of us: is this a usability problem we have here? I
>> believe this is not the first time I've seen this causing confusion.
 >
 > I should think so. If you can ::see:: a page you should not have to
 > ::create:: it in order to ::edit:: it.
 >

Well, it IS at least documented, although finding it might be hit or 
miss. Although the page seems to "exist" (because you can see it, after 
all) it only exists as a default. Clicking on "create" puts an entry for 
the page into the database, where pages actually "exist" (or something 
like that).

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar#Customize_the_sidebar

"If you are sure you are logged in with the relevant rights but do not 
see the edit link, click on the create tab at the top of the page - this 
will take you to the edit page."

-- 
Henry