Tim Cross <theophil...@gmail.com> writes: > I do have an alternative suggestion which may help. Given that the > 'broken' URLs are actually from external links to old documentation > which has been removed, what we could do is create a more informative > 404 page. Once users are on the 'real' site, the case issue does not > exist. It is only a problem due to outdated URLs on external sites like > stack overflow. Instead of just saying 404 Not Found, the page could say > the requested URL was not found and is likely a link to old outdated doc > documentation. The page could include a link to the main orgmode > page. This would be a fairly simple 'fix' that would improve user > experience to some degree.
This sounds like a good idea. I am not sure if it is feasible, but the 404 page could also provide suggestions based on similar existing links. I have something like https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/83tu89b7pr....@gnu.org/ in mind. Best, Ihor
