[wiki] Move instead of delete?

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
I liked the idea of all the redirects going to a static page which
explained the situation, and how to recover the page they were
redirected from (ie by using the history of that page).  Pop-ups and
flashing messages are all very modern and might look great if you have
super-fast unlimited broadband.  A static page gives people time to
assess and figure out what the instructions mean.
Regards from
Tom :)

On 17 December 2013 10:55, Pasi Lallinaho <pasi at shimmerproject.org> wrote:
> The page where you are redirected TO will show a link back to the page you
> were redirected FROM. As long as that page explains you can go back I think
> this is a non-issue. Ultimately, it's just a way to enhance the redirection
> page.
>
> I don't think there is any summary of the discussion. What I'd like to see
> though is a clear proposal what we want to do. After that it's easy to
> polish that and push to production.
>
> Also, what do you think of the unsupported version pages? Should we "delete"
> them and make redirections? And when? A year after the EOL for the support?
> Half a year? As soon as possible?
>
> Cheers,
> Pasi
>
>
> On 17/12/13 09:25, MARTIN DIXON wrote:
>
> I'am all for clear statements, but please no flashing messages - personally
> 5 - 10 seconds would be useless for me if I were not aware it was coming.
> Has there been any summary of all this very important discussion least some
> valuable points are lost in the flurry of views?
> Martin
>
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> From: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 6:37
> Subject: Re: [wiki] Move instead of delete?
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> On 2013-12-16 23:19, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
>> We could set a, say 5-10 sec pause before redirection, and in that time,
>> the user would be shown the tag that briefly explains why the page is
>> deleted, telling they will be redirected in some time and last but not
>> least, show a link to the page history so if they knew they want to
>> access the page content anyway, they can do it relatively easily.
>
> That might be pretty confusing to the visitor. I think a simple
> redirect, telling the visitor that the page was deleted, is preferable.
>
> If we will ever achieve a more relevant help wiki, we need to take
> decisions once in a while. ;-)
>
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