Hi there,
Today I was trying to update a page on the London Open Guide
(http://london.openguides.org/wiki/?Liverpool_Street_Station), but keep
running into the error message "Not saved - Sorry; that looks like spam. If
it isn't spam, please contact the guide administrator."
I was hoping to change a paragraph from this:
The lower concourse extends westwards into a shopping centre, underneath a
bus terminus. Railtrack have a
[http://www.networkrail.co.uk/Stations/stations/liverpoolstreet/Documents/Li
verpoolStreet.pdf map of the shops] in the station. Notable shops include
two WH Smiths, the usual [[Fast Food|junk food]] suspects ([[Burger King]]
and [[McDonalds]]), two Costa Coffees and on the upper level a record shop
(Helter Skelter).
To this:
The lower concourse extends westwards into a shopping centre, underneath a
bus terminus. Network Rail have a
[http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/For%20Passengers/Station%20Maps/4512
_Liverpool%20Street%20Station%20Map.pdf map of the shops] in the station.
Notable shops include two WH Smiths, the usual [[Fast Food|junk food]]
suspects ([[Burger King]] and [[McDonalds]]), two Costa Coffees and on the
upper level a record shop (Helter Skelter).
Although I appreciate that it's probably hard to keep spam to a manageable
level, it's slightly irksome to be prevented from contributing a genuine
edit in this way. More irritating is the request to contact the guide
administrator without providing any contact details to allow one to do so!
Although I'm bloody-minded enough to have sought out this address to let you
know of this problem I suspect that many others won't be and will simply
give up, which is a shame and might prevent the guide becoming even better
than it already is.
Regards,
Leigh Simpson
Hello again,
Now I find that I can't save modifications to the page for King's Cross
(http://london.openguides.org/wiki/?King's_Cross_St._Pancras_Station) as the
Latitude and Longitude are improperly formatted (try clicking "Edit" then
"Save" directly). Sadly, since I didn't touch these I've no idea what they
should be.
Regards,
Leigh Simpson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leigh Simpson [mailto:lists@simpleigh.com]
> Sent: 20 January 2010 10:09
> To: 'openguides-london(a)lists.openguides.org'
> Subject: London Open Guides
>
> Hi there,
>
> Today I was trying to update a page on the London Open Guide
> (http://london.openguides.org/wiki/?Liverpool_Street_Station), but keep
> running into the error message "Not saved - Sorry; that looks like
> spam. If it isn't spam, please contact the guide administrator."
>
> I was hoping to change a paragraph from this:
>
> The lower concourse extends westwards into a shopping centre,
> underneath a bus terminus. Railtrack have a
> [http://www.networkrail.co.uk/Stations/stations/liverpoolstreet/Documen
> ts/LiverpoolStreet.pdf map of the shops] in the station. Notable shops
> include two WH Smiths, the usual [[Fast Food|junk food]] suspects
> ([[Burger King]] and [[McDonalds]]), two Costa Coffees and on the upper
> level a record shop (Helter Skelter).
>
> To this:
>
> The lower concourse extends westwards into a shopping centre,
> underneath a bus terminus. Network Rail have a
> [http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/For%20Passengers/Station%20Maps
> /4512_Liverpool%20Street%20Station%20Map.pdf map of the shops] in the
> station. Notable shops include two WH Smiths, the usual [[Fast
> Food|junk food]] suspects ([[Burger King]] and [[McDonalds]]), two
> Costa Coffees and on the upper level a record shop (Helter Skelter).
>
> Although I appreciate that it's probably hard to keep spam to a
> manageable level, it's slightly irksome to be prevented from
> contributing a genuine edit in this way. More irritating is the request
> to contact the guide administrator without providing any contact
> details to allow one to do so! Although I'm bloody-minded enough to
> have sought out this address to let you know of this problem I suspect
> that many others won't be and will simply give up, which is a shame and
> might prevent the guide becoming even better than it already is.
>
> Regards,
>
> Leigh Simpson
>
>
