https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35052
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Bug #: 35052
Summary: Wikimedia 404 error page should not
auto-refresh/auto-redirect
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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The 404 page used to have a meta-refresh tag. Now it apparently has a Refresh
HTTP header:
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mzmcbride@gonzo:~$ curl -I "http://en.wikipedia.org/wfhsdklfjsdklfj";
HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:23:19 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: s-maxage=2678400, max-age=2678400
X-Wikimedia-Debug: prot=http:// serv=en.wikipedia.org loc=/wfhsdklfjsdklfj
Refresh: 5; url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wfhsdklfjsdklfj
Content-Length: 5091
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Age: 166
X-Cache: HIT from cp1019.eqiad.wmnet
X-Cache-Lookup: HIT from cp1019.eqiad.wmnet:3128
X-Cache: MISS from cp1008.eqiad.wmnet
X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from cp1008.eqiad.wmnet:80
Connection: close
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Auto-refreshes/auto-redirects like this are generally considered terrible from
an accessibility standpoint. This header should simply be removed.
This is kind of related to bug 17316, but not really.
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