Sure. I can see the value of such a redirect. What I don't see is the value
of menu nav link to that content , expressly calling it out, and then
saying "never mind, we don't have that." Seems misleading. But, sure, I
won't get in the way of folks doing that if that's what you thinks
makes sense.

On Fri, May 12, 2023, 19:12 sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 12 May 2023 at 22:23, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote:
> >
> > Linking to a mentoring program that doesn't exist doesn't seem like a
> > service to anyone.
>
> The redirect can go to a page that explains that the mentoring program
> has been closed, and suggest some alternatives.
>
> For example, https://community.apache.org/mentoring/
>
>
> >
> > On Thu, May 11, 2023, 01:35 sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 11 May 2023 at 04:03, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, May 10, 2023, 05:59 sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 10 May 2023 at 11:23, Maxim Solodovnik <
> solomax...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, 10 May 2023 at 17:09, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks for the detail.
> > > > > > > If that was previously a valid URL, then I think the proper
> fix is
> > > to
> > > > > > > add a redirect to the comdev site.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm afraid the original page was deleted:
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> https://github.com/apache/comdev-site/commit/9172c73871f20f8af5bc02dbb5066a93345c0761
> > > > >
> > > > > Very useful, thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > In which case it would be good to try and add redirects for all the
> > > > > pages deleted in that commit.
> > > > > Starting with the one we know is still being used ...
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'd rather remove that menu link and/or point it to the site front
> page.
> > > > I'll do that tomorrow.
> > >
> > > No, please don’t.
> > >
> > > There may be other instances of the same link, and some may be in
> > > sites over which the ASF has no control.
> > >
> > > I believe site owners have a duty to maintain URLs where possible.
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