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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > engagement-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list > _______________________________________________ engagement-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
