On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 01:55:10PM +0200, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
> >>> Now when I look at
> >>> http://old-en.opensuse.org/Category:YaST and
> >>> http://old-en.opensuse.org/Category:WebYaST ,
> >>> where should we put the content to ensure that it is not swept away
> >>> by a well-meant reorganization?
> >>
> >> Where it belongs. Where what belongs is documented in detail on
> >>
> >> http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Wiki

Thanks, this is helpful.

> > When the page content present on the old wiki now belongs to some different 
> > category, should there be bunch of redirects, right? 
> 
> No. The new wiki is a completely new wiki/page. We don't want to be
> backward compatible (with the exception of VERY popular pages).
> 
> > I guess people expect their favorite pages to stay at the same URL for some 
> > time...
> 
> Well now is the time where they have to update their bookmarks. The web
> is not static.

I disagree. URLs should be stable, especially when the cost is low.
I'll start moving the pages to the new locations and I'll put in
redirects whenever I find a broken link.
-- 
Martin Vidner, YaST developer
http://en.opensuse.org/User:Mvidner

Kuracke oddeleni v restauraci je jako fekalni oddeleni v bazenu

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