[R-sig-ME] Suggestions on how to correct a misapprehension?

[Stuart Luppescu]

On 12/14/22 02:39, Douglas Bates wrote:
> I have never gone through the process of proposing an edit in a Wikipedia
> article.  As I understand it I would need to create a login etc.  Would
> anyone who does have such a login be willing to propose an edit and save me
> the steps?

I was in this situation recently. I found AN ERROR in Wikipedia and 
resolved to fix it, but the Wikipedia admins wouldn't let me. I had been 
logged into my VPN on DigitalOcean, and they disable all attempts to 
edit articles from DigitalOcean. I had to log out of the VPN, and erase 
my Wikipedia cookies before I could correct the entry. In any case, I 
think I have a Wikipedia login, but I couldn't remember it so I just did 
the edit as "guest". If you want to be able to talk about your edit with 
other people post hoc, I think you might need a login. Otherwise, just 
do it without a login.

-- 
Stuart Luppescu
Chief Psychometrician (ret.)
UChicago Consortium on School Research