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<h2> Initial Difficulties </h2> | |||
<ul><li> There is no preferences selection on the upper-right pull-down. I am frustrated at being able to set my user preferences. | |||
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<ul><li> I also don't see discussion pages in the theme as it appears once I registered. So I have no polite way to raise questions or offer discussion. The prospect of doing that is what got me here in the first places. | |||
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<ul><li> The captcha's are quite difficult, especially when a word is upside down. | |||
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<h2>Response</h2> | <h2>Response</h2> | ||
<p>If this is a genuine message, I have asked James Burke to look into this, | <p>If this is a genuine message, I have asked James Burke to look into this, | ||
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</p><p>I would upload a screen-capture for you if that will help. I will have to look to see if there is an upload provision. | </p><p>I would upload a screen-capture for you if that will help. I will have to look to see if there is an upload provision. | ||
</p><p>I have captured this page to show what it is I see with the pull-down. I will see if I can upload it after I post this addition to my talk page. | </p><p>I have captured this page to show what it is I see with the pull-down. I will see if I can upload it after I post this addition to my talk page. | ||
</p><p>I am surprised that my report is suspected to be capricious or not genuine. I have confirmed my accurate e-mail and provided links to places where I am known. You can search the internet for "orcmid" and you will also find me, under my full name, Dennis E. Hamilton, as an active voting member of the | </p><p>I am surprised that my report is suspected to be capricious or not genuine. I have confirmed my accurate e-mail and provided links to places where I am known. You can search the internet for "orcmid" and you will also find me, under my full name, Dennis E. Hamilton, as an active voting member of the <a href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/membership.php?wg_abbrev=office">OASIS Open Document Format for Office Documents (OpenDocument) Technical Committee</a> and as the Secretary of the <a href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/membership.php?wg_abbrev=oic">OASIS Open Document Format Interoperability and Conformance (OIC) Technical Committee</a>. | ||
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<p>It is really strange to have to figure out how to enter "congwes hōyō;" for a capcha too. | |||
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<p><dl><dd> <i><a href="User:Orcmid">Orcmid</a> 04:53, 28 November 2010 (UTC)</i> | |||
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<h2> Images of My Editing Adventures </h2> | |||
<p>I have managed to upload images. The first one shows my editing of the Follow-up section, with the upper-right pull-down and the Toolbox tab. It too me some time to discover my preferences page under the "Special Pages" topic. | |||
</p><p><img src="/images/Orcmid-talk-2010-11-28T0456Z-WikiDifficulties.png" _fck_mw_filename="Orcmid-talk-2010-11-28T0456Z-WikiDifficulties.png" alt="" /> | |||
</p><p>While I was making the edits that you can see beneath the pull-down area, I was using WikiText. When I started the edit using the edit link on the second heading, I saw HTML markup instead of WikiText. I went ahead simply assuming that it was still appropriate to enter WikiText (MediaWiki version). | |||
</p><p>When I posted my changes, the edit link on the second heading vanished, and the HTML version of the time-stamp from MBauwens was no longer formatted properly. | |||
</p><p>I cannot account for any of this. Finally, I received a WordPress (!) message when I clicked a link in the file upload page that resulted when I uploaded the second of my screen captures. | |||
</p><p>Here is an image of what I saw after I had saved the page with my section 3 additions: | |||
</p><p><img src="/images/Orcmid-Talk-2010-11-28T0506Z-P2P-Foundation.png" _fck_mw_filename="Orcmid-Talk-2010-11-28T0506Z-P2P-Foundation.png" alt="" /> | |||
</p><p>Let us see what I have managed to produced now. | |||
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<dl><dd> <i>[[User:Orcmid|Orcmid]] 05:28, 28 November 2010 (UTC)</i> | |||
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Revision as of 05:28, 28 November 2010
Initial Difficulties
- There is no preferences selection on the upper-right pull-down. I am frustrated at being able to set my user preferences.
- I also don't see discussion pages in the theme as it appears once I registered. So I have no polite way to raise questions or offer discussion. The prospect of doing that is what got me here in the first places.
- The captcha's are quite difficult, especially when a word is upside down.
Response
If this is a genuine message, I have asked James Burke to look into this,
--<a href="User:Mbauwens">Mbauwens</a> 02:35, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Follow-Up
I have found my preferences under the Toolbox tab of the pull-down (it has two parts, Navigation and Toolbox).
I experimented with changing themes to see if that would make any difference, but all of the theme previews show the same theme, the one I have had since I registered.
Prior to that, the appearance was that of a conventional MediaWiki page, with tabs for discussion at the top along with the View tab for the page itself.
I would upload a screen-capture for you if that will help. I will have to look to see if there is an upload provision.
I have captured this page to show what it is I see with the pull-down. I will see if I can upload it after I post this addition to my talk page.
I am surprised that my report is suspected to be capricious or not genuine. I have confirmed my accurate e-mail and provided links to places where I am known. You can search the internet for "orcmid" and you will also find me, under my full name, Dennis E. Hamilton, as an active voting member of the <a href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/membership.php?wg_abbrev=office">OASIS Open Document Format for Office Documents (OpenDocument) Technical Committee</a> and as the Secretary of the <a href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/membership.php?wg_abbrev=oic">OASIS Open Document Format Interoperability and Conformance (OIC) Technical Committee</a>.
It is really strange to have to figure out how to enter "congwes hōyō;" for a capcha too.
- <a href="User:Orcmid">Orcmid</a> 04:53, 28 November 2010 (UTC) </dd>
Images of My Editing Adventures
I have managed to upload images. The first one shows my editing of the Follow-up section, with the upper-right pull-down and the Toolbox tab. It too me some time to discover my preferences page under the "Special Pages" topic.
While I was making the edits that you can see beneath the pull-down area, I was using WikiText. When I started the edit using the edit link on the second heading, I saw HTML markup instead of WikiText. I went ahead simply assuming that it was still appropriate to enter WikiText (MediaWiki version).
When I posted my changes, the edit link on the second heading vanished, and the HTML version of the time-stamp from MBauwens was no longer formatted properly.
I cannot account for any of this. Finally, I received a WordPress (!) message when I clicked a link in the file upload page that resulted when I uploaded the second of my screen captures.
Here is an image of what I saw after I had saved the page with my section 3 additions:
Let us see what I have managed to produced now.
- Orcmid 05:28, 28 November 2010 (UTC)