Cannot Apply To Be An Editor - Not a valid parameter

[bgordon]

Well, this is awkward. I have tried to complete the 'volunteer to edit this category' form about 20 times now from both safari, chrome and firefox and despite having completed all the fields and the captcha, I cannot submit the form. I get a red validation error at the top "Not a valid parameter" although there is no indication of what parameter is invalid. I don't see any data being 'POSTED' using firebug so it looks like JS on the page pre submission is the culprit.

 

Any other reports of this? Is there an alternative method I can use to apply?

 

Thanks,

 

Bill

[informator]

This has been mentioned before here, don´t know if it applies in your case:

 

Not exactly a fix, but a workaround: It seems that the error can arise if you use an email address which either doesn't start with a letter, or consists of only one character before the @ sign. So if you're able to try with a different email address, you may be able to get it to work. Make sure your address begins with a letter (a-z) and has a local part (the bit before the @ sign) of at least two characters.

[bgordon]

This has been mentioned before here, don´t know if it applies in your case:

 

Thanks, that was it. My email is a number@myworkdomain.com and was causing the grief. I am not sure if you can change it to my work email after the fact, assuming I am selected to become an editor, but the email I submitted it under is still valid, just not my primary work email.

 

Hope this helps someone else too.

[windharp]

You can change your email when your application has been accepted. I fear the same buggy restrictions apply currently though.