problem editing wiki: attachments

[Doug Simon]

On Nov 19, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Dalibor Topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com> wrote:

> On 10/24/13 5:33 PM, Doug Simon wrote:
>> 
>> On Aug 13, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Dalibor Topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 8/12/13 11:33 PM, John Rose wrote:
>>>> I'm logged in; I just created a nice page.  Now I want to add a diagram attachment to it.
>>>> - in edit menus ("Insert Attachment" does not offer file upload)
>>> 
>>> When you chose insert image instead, you get a drop-something-here field which should let you attach images to a page.
>> 
>> And how does one actually upload an attachment instead of an image? Reading the documentation[1][2] I get the impression the OpenJDK wiki is configured to prohibit attachments. Frustratingly, the editor still provides an menu item for inserting an attachment.
>> 
>> Assuming I'm correct, what is the process to request changing permissions such that attachments are enabled?
> 
> You can ask ops at openjdk to add a specific attachment. Please provide the attachment itself and a few details describing how it should be referenced.

Doesn’t it kind of defeat the purpose of a wiki if one has to go through an administrator to add/modify content?

-Doug