WIki Documentation: Not allowed to edit page

Fri Jan 18 16:59:14 UTC 2013

Thanks for all the responses. It's working now, not sure what or who caused
it to work but I'm glad.

Thanks

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Jon Schipp <jonschipp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom, I just filled out my LaunchPad profile. Is signing the Ubuntu Code of
> Conduct
> required for making documentation changes? I haven't done that.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Jon Schipp <jonschipp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My password is twice 8 so surely that's not it. Thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>wrote:
>>
>>> One thing I recall 'tripping' me up was that my password was too short.
>>> I changed it to 8 characters including a number and I could then
>>> successfully edit.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps,
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Phill.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18 January 2013 14:43, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi :)
>>>> That is really wrong.  The "Logout" does suggest that you are logged in
>>>> but that line should have more options.  Mine has
>>>> "tom6, Settings, Wiki Guide, Logout"  If i click on tom6 i get to my
>>>> embarrasingly ancient personal profile.  It's good to play around with your
>>>> profile on Launchpad but i'm not sure if many people read those.  I've had
>>>> a few people email me but mostly that was eons ago when i had the Wolvix
>>>> logo up and went on about how fantastic it was.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know what is going wrong with Jon's login?  Are there any
>>>> site-Admins on this list that could help?
>>>> Regards from
>>>> Tom :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Jon Schipp <jonschipp at gmail.com>
>>>> *To:* Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>
>>>> *Cc:* Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>; "ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com"
>>>> <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, 18 January 2013, 12:55
>>>>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: WIki Documentation: Not allowed to edit page
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for the responses. Here is what I am seeing:
>>>>
>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi :)
>>>> The Edit "button" is more like a tab just under the title of the page.
>>>> See attached.  I'm not sure why you are seeing "Immutable".  Hopefully i
>>>> made the page in the "Community Documentation" rather than the "Official
>>>> docs"!  The line "This page is being worked on." is text that i typed in.
>>>> You can write stuff under it and then delete that when you are ready or you
>>>> can just delete it before you start.  I'm not sure if we have a convention
>>>> or if there is a better "tag" or what so feel free until someone here lets
>>>> us know.
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure you logged in?
>>>> Regards from
>>>> Tom :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Jon Schipp <jonschipp at gmail.com>
>>>> *To:* Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>
>>>> *Cc:* Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>; "
>>>> ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, 18 January 2013, 1:29
>>>> *Subject:* Re: WIki Documentation: Not allowed to edit page
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for creating the page Tom, though, I'm still not able to do
>>>> anything.
>>>> There's an "Immutable" tab and the page says "This page is being worked
>>>> on".
>>>>
>>>> I don't see any "edit" button.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Ohh, those darn moderator queues!
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm with you Tom, I'd have shrugged and done it once he had explained
>>>> he was
>>>> > friendly :) Maybe one of those 'in the know' could explain if this is
>>>> > 'expected behaviour' of the system.
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> >
>>>> > Phill.
>>>> >
>>>> > On 18 January 2013 00:59, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hi :)
>>>> >> I remember having trouble with this too when i first tried.  I'm not
>>>> sure
>>>> >> how i fixed it either :(  So, i created the page for you this time.
>>>> Maybe
>>>> >> it's something like you have to do a certain number of edits (vague
>>>> feeling
>>>> >> it might be 5 edits?) before it allows you to create a page?
>>>> >> Regards from
>>>> >> Tom :)
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ________________________________
>>>> >> From: Jon Schipp <jonschipp at gmail.com>
>>>> >> To: ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
>>>> >> Sent: Friday, 18 January 2013, 0:29
>>>> >> Subject: WIki Documentation: Not allowed to edit page
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hello all,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I don't know if this is the appropriate place to ask. I tried
>>>> >> Freenode's #ubuntu-doc on IRC to no avail.
>>>> >> I'm a contributor to the netsniff-ng project and I'm having a really
>>>> >> hard time trying to get started on
>>>> >> a community page. I signed up for an account, logged in, went to the
>>>> >> URL(below), clicked on what I believe to be
>>>> >> the WikiName i.e. "Netsniff-NG" and clicked Create new page. It
>>>> should
>>>> >> be noted that there isn't
>>>> >> any existing documentation on the project.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Netsniff-NG
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I receive this: "You are not allowed to edit this page.". I tried
>>>> >> setting a template too.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I read this but am still having trouble:
>>>> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HelpForBeginners
>>>> >> I tried the macro on here too:
>>>> >>
>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide/PageCreation#Create_the_Page
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I'm grateful for any help
>>>> >> Thanks
>>>> >> Jon
>>>> >>
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>>>> >>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>
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