Hi GNOMEs,
I believe there are some problems with some of the links regarding
the GNOME IRC channels as advertised on GNOME.org. For instance, on the
footer of most (main) GNOME.org pages, there is a primary link titled
"IRC Channels" (under Resources), but it points to:
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeIrcChannels. The problem is that this link
just sends the user to a failed redirect that says:
Redirected from page "GnomeIrcChannels"
This page redirects to page "Community/GettingInTouch/IRC"
Clear message
But nothing ever happens, automatically at least. There is a link
on this failed redirect that says "Clear message" (as noticed in the
above copy & paste), which if a person clicks on it, they will be
properly sent to the real IRC information page
(https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Community/GettingInTouch/IRC?action=show&redirect=GettingInTouch%2FIRC).
If this was intentional, it doesn't seem like the best idea, as I had no idea
I needed to click on "Clear message" until I cared enough to investigate
further -- which I didn't discover until I started writing this e-mail. Namely
because "Clear message" is too vague in this regard. If anything, "Clear
message" should be stated as "Go to new location" or something like that.
Although it would be better to simply point the person to the final location
directly.
I found similar link rot problems as noticed on the
http://www.gnome.org/contact/ page. Under "User Help" there are two
links that point to the same bad redirect, which the links are titled
"IRC chat" and "#gnome IRC Channel" (the third bullet). The same thing
occurs with the GNOME Design team's Wiki
(https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Contribute), as they have a link titled
"IRC page" under "Get Up to Speed". I am sure there are more places,
but I didn't do extensive digging.
However, I did appreciate the method for reaching the IRC web info
page when going through the main GNOME Wiki, via the Community section
(https://wiki.gnome.org/Community). On that page, there is a section
underneath "Get in Touch" with a "public IRC channels" link that
properly and directly points me to
https://wiki.gnome.org/Community/GettingInTouch/IRC.
So, my suggestion is that the other failed redirect pages I
previously mentioned should probably just directly point to
https://wiki.gnome.org/Community/GettingInTouch/IRC.
Thanks,
--William
P.S. I wasn't sure where to send this e-mail, so I sent it to both
mailing lists that related to GNOME website maintenance. I know this
isn't preferred, but I didn't know what else to do.
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