Re: That wasn't the answer we were expecting

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Sherif Ramadan <theanomaly.is@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Ben Dougherty <ben@dougherty.net.au>wrote: > >> Thanks, much appreciated. >> >> I guess the error message could still have been a little more helpful. >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Hannes Magnusson < >> hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Well, that explains a lot. The answer is php-webmaster@lists.php.net >> > as that is the email address you have to send an email to so we can >> > give you karma... >> > >> > -Hannes >> > >> > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 8:33 PM, Ben Dougherty <ben@dougherty.net.au> >> > wrote: >> > > ben@dougherty.net.au >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Hannes Magnusson >> > > <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Ben Dougherty <ben@dougherty.net.au> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> > I'm trying to register at: >> > >> > £O‘ðÍ»P­¾¦QÌ  >> > >> > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/engine_exceptions?do=register and I keep >> > >> > getting >> > >> > this error; "That wasn't the answer we were expecting". >> > >> > >> > >> > Could someone shed some light on this unhelpful error message? >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> What did you write in the "Which email address do you have to mail >> > >> now?" question? >> > >> >> > >> -Hannes >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > Ben, In all fairness the page at: does explicitly state the following: "To get authorization you must send a quick introduction to the php-webmaster mailing list. Mention your wiki username and say what you're planning to do. This email lets us know you're a human (and not a robot) and what you'll be working on. Approval may take several hours or days." Hans, We could point people to https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto and tell them to read the instructions after signup carefully in the error message as well to make it slightly more helpful.