On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Tom Medhurst <tom.medhu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > The problem is, when I go to Special:SpecialPages and scroll down; I can't > see anything under Restricted special pages. Also when I goto my > preferences, I only have the permissions: Administrators, Autoconfirmed > users, Bereaucrats, and Users. > > How do I get to the Restricted special pages? I want to > edit MediaWiki:Sidebar and this is how I believe I do it.
No. To edit MediaWiki:Sidebar and other MediaWiki message just type the name of the article into your address bar, as if it were a normal page on the wiki (which, in fact, it is). You should then be able to click the edit tab and go to the normal wiki edit interface, as usual. The "Restricted pages" section on Special:Specialpages lists restricted *special* pages, i.e. those with the Special: prefix. Anything with MediaWiki: in front is not a restricted special page, but rather an interface message, which is protected, of course, but in a different way. -- Lucas 'TOR' Garczewski Wikia Tech Team _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
