On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:26:45 +0300 Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote:
> Hi Matt, > > On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 08:28:08 -0400 > Matt Jadud <m...@jadud.com> wrote: > > > Dear Shlomi, > > > > On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 6:07 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > OK, I want a redirect first. > > > > > > > > In many projects, if you choose not to follow style, or the > > branch/commit/merge process, or any of a host of things, your contributions > > are rejected out-of-hand. > > > > I know. But see below. > > > Heidi kindly provided you with the resources you needed to do what you > > wanted. > > Can I do a redirect? Not saying I cannot as I am not an expert. Note that I > have already written most of the article and published it in its original > location on the old wiki and linked to it there. Then the links to the article > got broken when the site moved to wordpress (supposedly to prevent spam, but > like I noted a similar measure can be done using mediawiki and other wiki > engines) and I wish them restored. I didn't ask for the switch to wordpress, > and I certainly do not desire the link getting broken. > > > > > The people in this community are all passionate educators and open source > > contributors who are, at the end of the day, very, very busy. If you were a > > community manager for this group, how would you respond to a member of the > > list who insisted that their technology choice was a better one, and that > > they refused to contribute unless demands were met? > > I didn't refuse to contribute as I already did. I'll see what I can do myself > about a redirect at the wordpress level. According to http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/beginners-guide-to-creating-redirects-in-wordpress/ it requires installing the redirection plugin which isn't installed and I cannot see its commands in the tools menu. This can also be done at the HTTP server-level. Regards, Shlomi Fish > > Thanks! > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > > > > I'm curious. Teach me. > > > > Many thanks, > > Matt > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ What does “Zionism” mean? - http://shlom.in/def-zionism A fanatic: one who redoubles his efforts after he has forgotten his aim. — http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana (via http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4371 ). Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
