www/server/standards README.webmastering.html

[Dora Scilipoti]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   22/11/06 05:12:34

Modified files:
        server/standards: README.webmastering.html 

Log message:
        Clarify that webmasters should modify links in the English pages only. 
Add link to our linking criteria.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/standards/README.webmastering.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.249&r2=1.250

Patches:
Index: README.webmastering.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/server/standards/README.webmastering.html,v
retrieving revision 1.249
retrieving revision 1.250
diff -u -b -r1.249 -r1.250
--- README.webmastering.html    30 Sep 2022 09:05:36 -0000      1.249
+++ README.webmastering.html    6 Nov 2022 10:12:32 -0000       1.250
@@ -686,15 +686,19 @@
 <h4 id="deadlink">Fixing dead links</h4>
 
 <p>Please check the <a href="/server/source/linc/linc-report.html">broken
-link  reports</a> regularly and handle them.  If a link has gone bad because a
-page has moved, try to find its replacement.  If you are successful, re-check
-the page to ensure that it meets our linking criteria, and if so, add it.  If
-you do not find a replacement, remove the link&mdash;if it's central to the
-page, you may need to make a note explaining that the resource is no longer
-available.  If the page no longer meets our linking criteria, you'll have to
-make a judgment call, and weigh the value of the link against its problems;
-you may want to mail the person who wrote the page with the link or
-www-discuss to get a second opinion.</p>
+link reports</a> regularly and handle them.  Note that webmasters should 
+modify links in the <strong>English pages only</strong>.</p> 
+
+<p>If a link has gone bad because a page has moved, try to find its 
+replacement.  If you are successful, re-check the page to ensure that it 
+meets our <a 
+href="/server/standards/gnu-website-guidelines.html#pollinking">linking 
+criteria</a>, and if so, add it.  If you do not find a replacement, remove 
+the link&mdash;if it's central to the page, you may need to make a note 
+explaining that the resource is no longer available.  If the page no longer 
+meets our linking criteria, you'll have to make a judgment call, and weigh 
+the value of the link against its problems; you may want to mail the person 
+who wrote the page with the link or www-discuss to get a second opinion.</p>
 
 <p>If you do remove a link from a page that we don't maintain&mdash;for
 instance, the page for a piece of software which is kept up-to-date by
@@ -1134,7 +1138,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/09/30 09:05:36 $
+$Date: 2022/11/06 10:12:32 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>