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List:       opensuse-wiki
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-wiki] use of localized wikis
From:       Henne Vogelsang <hvogel () opensuse ! org>
Date:       2010-08-09 10:26:23
Message-ID: 4C5FD7CF.7050105 () opensuse ! org
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On 08/09/2010 12:15 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2010-08-09 11:58, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
>> On 08/09/2010 02:01 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> e problem is the same as for the English wiki.
>>>
>>> There are tons of links everywhere pointing to pages in the wiki, but which have been renamed, and
>>> thus are broken. Even searches in google sometimes point to pages that exist no more.
>>
>> And that, as we have explained a million times, is okay. We launched a
>> completely new website which is not backward-compatible. When we find
>> links in our own infrastructure we fix them. When we find _VERY_
>> prominent links we create redirects. Everything else has to fade away or
>> will update itself automatically (search engines).
> 
> And many have explained as many times that this is wrong.

Yes, everybody is entitled to his opinion. Those who do decide :)

>>> So, in the language wikis there are links to the English wiki, which are broken as well.
>>> Repairing all those is daunting.
>>
>> True, that's why we need to point to old-en until we updated the
>> language wikis. Good point, i have added my comments to bnc#629405
> 
> ok.
> 
> But don't forget to point in the new English wiki to the equivalent translated (old) pages. Links
> that existed in the old wiki.

New wikis will always just point to their equivalent new wiki in other
languages :)

>>> And nobody knows what to do.
>>
>> For now there should be
>
> I'm more or less lost here. Doesn't matter, I will not do that job. I will just try to keep the
> content of the few places I edit more or less updted, even if there are no links to them or have
> been lost in the process. I can't do more.

And that's okay :)

Henne

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