From: Sam Roberts <sroberts@...>
Date: 2004-11-15T01:46:20+09:00
Subject: external links editing problem on ruby garden


It has become quite hard to edit rubygarden's wiki. Any page with a
link, if you try to change it you get redirected to:

  http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?ExternalLinks

Your homework assignment is then to search the ruby-talk archives to
find out what's required...

This is NOT easier than asking for a passwd, not the first time. And
even once you know the mixed case convention, all editors are forced to
go through and change all the links in any page they edit. Again, this
is more time-consuming than logging in.

I wouldn't be so bad if the ?ExternalLinks page described how to fix
links, and why (everybody appreciates the pain of spam fighting).

Can I add that description, or is it some kind of security thing to only
let people in the know, or willing to search ruby-talk, edit pages?

I was just about to edit the page, then realized it might be
intentional...

Thanks!
Sam