Re: wiki

[Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>]

Hello,

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:38:49AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> There have been several similar complaints in #debian IRC over the last
> year or two, with random people coming in and saying that they get a
> "403 Forbidden" on the Debian wiki, but the one thing they all have in
> common is a LACK OF DETAIL.

I seem to recall some comments made by someone in the know that
there is extensive IP-based blocking used on wiki.debian.org within
the web server and this sometimes causes collateral damage, i.e.
some people unable even to read the site, let alone modify it.
Unfortunately I can't remember any more details than that.

I was going to say that it could be worth OP's time to create a bug
against the wiki, and I already see this one:

    <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=885433>

I think this would tend to support the possibility of this being
the culprit, though the lack of resolution here does suggest the OP
may have a long road ahead if that is the case.

Cheers,
Andy

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