cubranic: > On 2/21/06, Graham Klyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In making such changes, please bear in mind "Cool URIs Don't Change": > > > > http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI > > > > This isn't to say "don't", but where possible, provide some redirection > > from the > > old name to the new name. > > > > To be effective, the web relies on stable links, so that references from > > elsewhere don't fade away. In the end, it is publishers own (presumed) > > goals in > > publishing to the Web that are compromised if URIs become inaccessible. > > Although, while the wiki is still so new, it's unlikely that there are > already links to it so there shouldn't be any harm in moving pages > created before there was a clear naming policy established. > Furthermore, I think that pages that were initially created by mistake > or with misspellings (e.g., "Perforamnce") are fair game for deletion.
Though the renamings (which I agree with) did break some internal links. I'd be hesitant to do large renamings again. -- Don _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
