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. :(
-Tom 2010/4/16 Łukasz Garczewski <t...@wikia-inc.com> > 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 > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
