On 3/18/09 2:16 AM, mabdul wrote:
> I have an account at wikipedia. it is interesting that I'm able to click
> on the edit button on the front page and get access to edit the page. on
> the other side I'm not able to do this by using ueb. (all other pages
> are working!) the problem is that on the main page the code - tag in the
> header is missing... mysterious...

The main page on English Wikipedia is protected, so it's not editable by
most users. Unless you're logged in as an admin, the edit tab will say
"View source" and brings you to a read-only view of the page source, and
there's indeed no rel="edit" link included so you won't see the edit icon.

If you *are* an admin, then the tab will say the usual "Edit this page"
and you should see the icon -- I can confirm that the <link>s are
included when I'm logged in:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

<link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&amp;action=edit"
/>
<link rel="edit" title="Edit this page"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&amp;action=edit"
/>

-- brion

>
> mabdul
>
> Mark Dilley schrieb:
> > So as I understand this, you have the ability to edit the front page
> > of Wikipedia and the edit button is not showing up for you?
> >
> > I do remember that many people talked about this last year and someone
> > said few people have access to edit and so not many people would see it.
> >
> >
> > On 17Mar2009, at 2:19 AM, mabdul wrote:
> >
> >> Oh, and why has wikipedia on the frontpage not the option to edit by the
> >> edit button, but on every other content page? (I mean I'm able to edit
> >> the frontpage!)
> >>
> >> mabdul
> >>
> >> mabdul schrieb:
> >> >
> >> > The "old" logo (the same as in wikipedia) is better...
> >> > just my 2cents
> >> > maybe we should make a option for both icons?!?
> >> >
> >> > mabdul
> >> >
> >> > Andi schrieb:
> >> > >
> >> > > Hi everybody,
> >> > >
> >> > > since there were some problems with the current extension (as
> >> > > mentioned on the Bugs page) and nobody seemed to fix them, I went
> >> > > ahead and did.
> >> > >
> >> > > * fixed compatibility problems and conflicts with other extensions
> >> > > * code cleanup
> >> > > * removal of WikiHow references
> >> > > * New icon graphic by Lorenzo Pastrana
> >> > > * Support for rel="edit" links
> >> > >
> >> > > You can download it here:
> >> > > http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi
> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi>
> >> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi
> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi>>
> >> > <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi
> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi>
> >> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi
> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi>>>
> >> > > <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi
> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi>
> >> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi
> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi>>
> >> > <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi
> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi>
> >> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi
> <http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/universaleditbtn.xpi>>>>
> >> > >
> >> > > I'm not sure if Travis is still maintaining this extension. If
> not, I
> >> > > would be willing to take over.
> >> > >
> >> > > Andi
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
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