Re: Link Rot to IRC Channel(s) Support

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

Hi William,

Thanks for pointing out the problem! I just checked and it seems to be fixed.

Allan

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:23 PM, William Paul Liggett
<junktext junktext org> wrote:
> My Evolution client doesn't like semi-colons when adding multiple recipients
> in the "To:" block, so as my P.S. note states, I am also forwarding my
> concerns to this mailing list.
>
> --William
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: William Paul Liggett <junktext junktext org>
> To: gnome-web-list gnome org
> Subject: Link Rot to IRC Channel(s) Support
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:19:49 -0400
>
> Hi GNOMEs,
>
>      I believe there are some problems with some of the links regarding the
> GNOME IRC channels as advertised on GNOME.org.  For instance, on the footer
> of most (main) GNOME.org pages, there is a primary link titled "IRC
> Channels" (under Resources), but it points to:
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeIrcChannels.  The problem is that this link just
> sends the user to a failed redirect that says:
>
>             Redirected from page "GnomeIrcChannels"
>             This page redirects to page "Community/GettingInTouch/IRC"
>             Clear message
>
>      But nothing ever happens, automatically at least.  There is a link on
> this failed redirect that says "Clear message" (as noticed in the above copy
> & paste), which if a person clicks on it, they will be properly sent to the
> real IRC information page
> (https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Community/GettingInTouch/IRC?action=show&redirect=GettingInTouch%2FIRC).
> If this was intentional, it doesn't seem like the best idea, as I had no
> idea I needed to click on "Clear message" until I cared enough to
> investigate further -- which I didn't discover until I started writing this
> e-mail.  Namely because "Clear message" is too vague in this regard.  If
> anything, "Clear message" should be stated as "Go to new location" or
> something like that.  Although it would be better to simply point the person
> to the final location directly.
>
>      I found similar link rot problems as noticed on the
> http://www.gnome.org/contact/ page.  Under "User Help" there are two links
> that point to the same bad redirect, which the links are titled "IRC chat"
> and "#gnome IRC Channel" (the third bullet).  The same thing occurs with the
> GNOME Design team's Wiki (https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Contribute), as they
> have a link titled "IRC page" under "Get Up to Speed".  I am sure there are
> more places, but I didn't do extensive digging.
>
>      However, I did appreciate the method for reaching the IRC web info page
> when going through the main GNOME Wiki, via the Community section
> (https://wiki.gnome.org/Community).  On that page, there is a section
> underneath "Get in Touch" with a "public IRC channels" link that properly
> and directly points me to
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Community/GettingInTouch/IRC.
>
>      So, my suggestion is that the other failed redirect pages I previously
> mentioned should probably just directly point to
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Community/GettingInTouch/IRC.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --William
>
> P.S.  I wasn't sure where to send this e-mail, so I sent it to both mailing
> lists that related to GNOME website maintenance.  I know this isn't
> preferred, but I didn't know what else to do.
>
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