gnucash wiki access

[John Ralls]

David,

Thanks for saying, but only Derek can fix it and he's away.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Apr 3, 2018, at 9:49 AM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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