More than that, I've never met anyone who ever wanted to view a web page with, for example, 32 dead links.Heikki Ketoharju wrote:haven't heard of any dead links that have suddenly resurrected.
But you and I are thinking too logically and pragmatically. Let's suspend that for a moment...
Let's say you're going to "redesign" the wiki, so you're reading up on the tags feature. As you do, you start thinking Wow, this is COOL! I could do all sorts of complex stuff with this!". It doesn't matter if there's almost no chance that a 404 will suddenly resolve itself, or that no one wants to view a page with dead links. It doesn't even matter if the "cool stuff" you imagine doing results in having to maintain an extra copy of every page -- one full of dead links no one wants to view -- on a wiki that obviously hasn't had enough maintenance on its already existing pages. You just want to do something cool with those tags.why we should list dead links on the site. What purpose?
Getting it now?
Wow, you're pragmatic. (And I agree 100%.) That's no fun. You could take a page already cluttered with content, and rather than delete useless stuff, instead add more stuff like a blinking object to click on reading "show me links that lead to nowhere/nothing", and a search button that wades through and shows you that stuff.don't want Linuxaudio wiki as an archive for old stuff. There is a great need for simple place containing understandable and easy-to-follow documentation, listnings of actual, working software and guides for beginners and intermediate users.
No! We need to double the workload! 2 copies of every page! This lets us have fun with tags.Thing with the tagging system is different if it eases out maintenance work of the wiki.
Too pragmatic. If you had your way, the wiki would contain only useful stuff, be reduced in size and maintenance work, and if the rate/efficiency at which you simplified the intro page is any indication, it would probably be done by week's end.For me it's hard to believe that we have a broad need to put one link into several lists.
Let's instead spend a lot of time playing with tags and databases, and if like so many other over-reaching volunteer projects, it never gets done, then at least we'll have fun. Ok?
You're putting the cart before the horse. The existing stuff has been festering in its current state for a long time, and undoubtably will continue as so unless someone pragmatic comes up with a simpler, efficient update. Meanwhile, the database isn't even done.about link rot when planning to move big chunks of information from one place to another?