Re: [Mediawiki-l] I want return HTTP 404 error on non-existent pages in my wiki so google realizes that the link is broken

Javier Valcarce García escribió:

Hi,

Google has indexed a lot of pages in my wiki which I have deleted. This pages continue in Google's index because index.php returns a valid page "There is not a page called XYZ, click on edit to edit blah blah blah".

How can I return HTTP 404 error if *an anonymous* user requests a non-existent page?

Thanks in advance, Javi

Go to article.php about line 146 (fiunction getContent()) and add $wgOut->setStatusCode(404); This /should/ do it.

if ( 0 == $this->getID() ) { wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ ); + $wgOut->setStatusCode(404); $wgOut->setRobotpolicy( 'noindex,nofollow' );

MediaWiki doesn't send 404 by default to avoid problems with "intelligent" browsers showing "nice errors" hidding our content (however, as wiki output is generally large enough it shouldn't be a problem for you).