Knowledge Base - Help, Feedback, Requests

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Knowledge Base - Help, Feedback, Requests

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The Knowledge Base gathers important support documentation. Since the KB is only as good as its contributors, this thread was created to help new editors, solicit feedback, and fulfill requests for content.

We've written a general overview of how to work the KB that may be useful to new editors. If you're going to make significant edits please take a quick look at the rules and guidelines

Anyone can get a knowledge base account by sending a email to mozillaZineKB AT gmail DOT com. Mention what username you'd prefer. The only reason for the registration process is to help combat spam. The account will let you edit or create articles on the wiki. You don't need it to read the articles.

If you have some information you'd like to contribute and don't want to either edit the article or add it to the article's talk page, post it to this thread and somebody will add it to the appropriate talk page.

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Last edited by tanstaafl on September 30th, 2012, 1:08 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: Replaced with new sticky thread
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Post by old np »

I'm looking for feedback on proposed guidelines for how technical the Knowledge Base should be. Feedback is very much welcomed at the discussion on that page or here in this thread.
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Post by steviex »

Perhaps a two stage approach, may the the thing.
Quick reference articles to solve problems, like crashes etc, then more technical articles provided, for the brave souls who wish to know more.

These should be made readable, with as little jargon as possible, especially the Quick Reference guides.
I think you have two types of people to cater for. Those that need a step by step guide to how to fix a problem (who don't know very much about computers), and those who want to delve a bit deeper into the system, to tinker with the system, or build themes/extensions.

Perhaps a guide to technobabble may be a good idea too... :)
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Post by Frank Lion »

np wrote:I'm looking for feedback on proposed guidelines for how technical the Knowledge Base should be. Feedback is very much welcomed at the discussion on that page or here in this thread.

Sure. Commented in the "The KB is too technical" section before http://kb.mozillazine.org/Knowledge_Base_changes#Draft
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I have a request Jason why don't you and Mozilla come clean about your intentions
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Post by old np »

I welcome anyone to read through my and everyone else's postings in that newsgroup and provide feedback. This stuff's not secret - links to the (public) newsgroup have been posted in various people's blogs (on the Feedhouse and planet.mozilla.org), the Knowledge Base, as well as a pretty popular thread in this forum about a month ago.
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KB database errors

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Database error
From MozillaZine Knowledge Base
A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "MediaWikiBagOStuff::_doquery". MySQL returned error "1030: Got error 127 from storage engine (tera)".


When I click on http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_ ... hunderbird

Database error
From MozillaZine Knowledge Base
A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "MediaWikiBagOStuff::_doinsert". MySQL returned error "1062: Duplicate entry 'wiki:pcache:idhash:4073-0!1!0!0!!en!2' for key 1 (tera)".


When I click on http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_calend ... _into_iPod

Database error
From MozillaZine Knowledge Base
A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "MediaWikiBagOStuff::_doinsert". MySQL returned error "1062: Duplicate entry 'wiki:pcache:idhash:7-0!1!0!0!!en!2' for key 1 (tera)".


When I click on http://kb.mozillazine.org/

I can still access http://kb.mozillazine.org/Special:Recentchanges and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Special:Categories . When I click on one of the categories it lists the articles. When I click on a link to one of the articles in that listing, most of them are viewable, though a few cause that error.
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Post by old np »

I get that too... Have you sent something to kerz?
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Post by Alice »

I get similar errors on the first two articles. I clicked the "edit" button on the first page, http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_ ... hunderbird and made a few minor edits, then "show preview" displayed the content but after saving the page a DataBase error still occurred. Tried twice.
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Post by tanstaafl »

"I get that too... Have you sent something to kerz?"

I had created a thread in the moderators forum pointing to my post, and also asking whats the best way to alert somebody the next time it occurs. No answer so far. I'll send him a private message.
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Post by kerz »

Should be fixed now, one table had some minor corruption issues. Let me know if there are other issues.

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mozilla system cannot read my ID

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why i cannot log in??? to edit the user.js ???? :-X i try so soooooooooooo many times for god sake help me!!!!
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Log in to what? The forums? The knowledge base? user.js is on your own computer, are you having problems logging in to your Windows user account?
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DDEexec hack/fix doesn't save

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When trying to make uncheck the the DDE box on File Type/ (NONE) Firefox URL, it doesn't save. Also, when trying to create an account on the Logon/Create Account there's no place to create an account on.
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Re: DDEexec hack/fix doesn't save

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nbafan wrote:Also, when trying to create an account on the Logon/Create Account there's no place to create an account on.

You missed the
While anyone can have an account, because of problems with spam, accounts can only be created by existing members. If you are someone who wants to edit documentation, send an e-mail to jason underscore barnabe at fastmail dot fm containing your desired username. If there is a problem, ask for help in the Knowledge Base - Help, Feedback, Requests thread in the forum.
on http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?tit ... ledge_Base and the first post on this thread on how to create a KB account..
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