gnucash wiki access

David T. sunfish62 at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 3 12:49:23 EDT 2018


John,

The Captcha problem essentially freezes the wiki from the perspective of adding or modifying links; contributors can’t (for example) fix erroneous links like the one for OFX on the Glossary page that links to a 404. That’s a problem that only grows worse.

David

> On Apr 3, 2018, at 9:36 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 3, 2018, at 9:12 AM, pjlbyrne <pjlbyrne at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I found a typo on the gnucash wiki so I attempted to register in order to
>> fix it.
>> 
>> Firstly, the captcha box on the registration form appears to be broken. It
>> refers to an 'obsolete version 1 captcha' and has a link to the newer
>> version.
>> 
>> Secondly, I did get an account on the wiki but I don't seem to have
>> permission to edit pages. How do I acquire this please?
>> 
>> Perhaps these 2 issues are related?
> 
> They're not. The captcha issue was raised a couple of weeks ago but Derek hasn't had a chance to fix it yet.
> 
> There's a one-week "cooling off period" between getting an account and it being authorized for editing. That was in place as an anti-spam measure before we required applying for an account and hasn't yet been removed.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 
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