UbumtuOnMacMini/UbuntuOnMacMini pages conflict

[Tommy Trussell]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Alberto Salvia Novella <
> es20490446e at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Adam Israel:
>>
>>> Whenever I’ve googled for "install Ubuntu on a Mac Mini", the first link
>>> that comes up is:
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbumtuOnMacMini
>>>
>>> The typo in the name — Ubumtu — is unfortunate. I thought I could rename
>>> the page, but that option isn’t available to me. I dropped by
>>> #ubuntu-doc, and pmatulis noticed we also have this page:
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuOnMacMini
>>>
>>> The former has more current updates than the correctly spelled version.
>>> It seems like some sort of merge is in order, but I’m not sure the best
>>> way to go about that.
>>>
>>
>> @ Timothy Smith
>>
>> Any insight on this?
>>
>>
> I hope nobody minds me jumping in to this discussion, because I have a
> tiny bit of experience with this.
>
> I believe there's no direct way to "rename" a misspelled wiki page, HOWEVER
>
> Assuming the correctly spelled page does not yet exist, create it, copy
> the content from the old to the new page, and set the old page to re-direct
> to the new page. (That way any internal or external links will still work.)
> You might also change the contents of the old page to make it clear it's no
> longer the correct place, but from my testing, the old page should no
> longer appear in ordinary circumstances.
>
> For completeness one might also update the links in the wiki that point to
> the page, though for what I assume might be a low-usage page, it may not be
> worth the effort.
>
> If you need to see an example, see my email from January 31st or look at
> the page I fixed then:
>
> old page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/sane.d%20tutorial
>>
>> new page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SaneDaemonTutorial
>>
>
In this case since there IS a page with the correctly spelled name, if
folks believe the content of the "Ubumtu" page needs to be preserved, it
could be copied to a new page such as UbuntuOnMacMiniAlternativeInfo with a
prominent link to the new page.
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