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

2010-04-16 Thread Platonides
Antonio Orlando escribió: > Well, I do agree with Steve: why one should suppose that something doesn't > ::exist:: yet, if he can ::see:: it? > > The bug here is the fact that it's done with developer's view, while UI > should be done with plain user's view. > You have to "create" it on the ::

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

2010-04-16 Thread Platonides
Łukasz Garczewski wrote: > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Tom Medhurst > 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

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

2010-04-16 Thread Chad
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Tom Medhurst wrote: > I did check the documentation on MediaWiki, however; there were a few > different methods (including on which told me to edit the Language.php > file). > What page told you that? Any documentation that tells you to edit core MediaWiki files i

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

2010-04-16 Thread Antonio Orlando
Well, I do agree with Steve: why one should suppose that something doesn't ::exist:: yet, if he can ::see:: it? The bug here is the fact that it's done with developer's view, while UI should be done with plain user's view. You have to "create" it on the ::database::, but users should not care

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

2010-04-16 Thread OQ
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: > I should think so. If you can ::see:: a page you should not have to > ::create:: it in order to ::edit:: it. > On the other hand, the page doesn't exist yet, how do you ::edit:: something before you ::create:: it.

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

2010-04-16 Thread Henry Hartley
On 4/16/2010 8:05 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: > - Original Message - > From: £ukasz Garczewski > >> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Tom Medhurst >> wrote: >>> Thanks Lucas, >>> Sorry, I forgot to mention that I do not have an edit button on >>> the MediaWiki:Sidebar page either, just: Mess

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

2010-04-16 Thread nevio carlos de alarcão
t; > mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:54:13 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Q: I have sysop but I can't edit stuff > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Tom Medhurst > > wrote: > > > Thanks Lucas, > > > Sorry, I forgot

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

2010-04-16 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I should think so. If you can ::see:: a page you should not have to ::create:: it in order to ::edit:: it. - Original Message - From: £ukasz Garczewski To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:54:13 +0200 Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Q: I have sysop but

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

2010-04-16 Thread Tom Medhurst
Ah yes that works great! Seems obvious now I know! I did check the documentation on MediaWiki, however; there were a few different methods (including on which told me to edit the Language.php file). I'm assuming this is different versions which have different methods, but I never came across any

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

2010-04-16 Thread Łukasz Garczewski
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Tom Medhurst 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 h

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

2010-04-16 Thread Huib Laurens
Hi, By the first edit you should "create" the page. Thats for all the mediawiki pages. After that you have a edit button. Huib 2010/4/16, Tom Medhurst : > Thanks Lucas, > Sorry, I forgot to mention that I do not have an edit button on > the MediaWiki:Sidebar page either, just: Message, Discussio

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

2010-04-16 Thread Tom Medhurst
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 > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Tom Medhurst > wrote: > > The problem is, when I go to Special:

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

2010-04-16 Thread Łukasz Garczewski
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Tom Medhurst 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

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

2010-04-16 Thread Tom Medhurst
Hi Guys, I just installed MediaWiki 1.15.3 from the main web site and installed it no problem! The admin account I gave during the installation seems to have sysop rights (eg. if I go a select * from user_groups I can see my user's id and sysop in the ug_group column, I also have a second row for