On 28/11/05, stevertigo vertigosteve@yahoo.com wrote:
Google IFL redirects to this page, which is curiously deviant from normal Main Page formatting...
I hope nobody minds, but I've taken what seemed like the most logical action, and caused this to redirect to the real Main Page, rather than leave all out-dated links to simply "rot" completely. Remember, "cool URIs don't change", and we shouldn't just ignore the fact that clearly people have linked to that page, and won't expect those links to lead to a blank screen - gaming Google won't change those links.
The more logical approach might have been to redirect to [[en:Main Page]], which is presumably the same/nearest equivalent content, but I don't think that's allowed any more.
Everybody please game google to redirect to either en.wikisource or www.wikisource
Certainly, having the international front page (which is currently the second Google result) or the English one (which comes 3rd, I think) come top of the rankings would be good, but I think this will heal itself over time, as nobody will add new links to the old page unless they're literally copying and pasting old links.
-- Rowan Collins BSc [IMSoP]