618270 - Double redirection with localized link does not work

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 627359

(support.mozilla.org :: Knowledge Base Software, task)

Description

[Scoobidiver (away)]

In a locale, "Translating Articles" link is associated to "https://support.mozilla.com/locale/kb/Translating%20articles".
It is redirected to the English redirection "https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/localize-firefox-help" and not to the localized one "https://support.mozilla.com/locale/kb/localize-firefox-help".

See that if locale=fr.

Comment 1

[Scoobidiver (away)]

As a result, if you have a link to an English article in a localized article and the English article has been renamed, you are redirected to the English article in en-US SUMO.

Comment 2

[James Socol [:jsocol, :james]]

Oops, filed and fixed as bug 627359.

Comment 3

[Scoobidiver (away)]

In SUMO 2.4.3, clicking on "Répondre aux questions d'assistance" link in the Contributor sidebar redirects you to a redirected English article instead of the French one.
See bug 627004.

Comment 4

[James Socol [:jsocol, :james]]

The link in bug 627004 doesn't use the same fallback mechanism as was fixed in bug 627359. Bug 627359 (and this bug) refer to fixing the link _look-up_ mechanism, which is fixed. Since the sidebar doesn't use the link look-up mechanism, it falls back onto normal locale-detection behavior.

Comment 6

[Scoobidiver (away)]

What about http://support.mozilla.com/kb/How+to+avoid+crashes that is redirected to http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/avoid-crashes and not http://support.mozilla.com/fr/kb/Comment%20éviter%20les%20plantages when the first preferred language is French?

Comment 7

[James Socol [:jsocol, :james]]

Linking directly to a URL is the same as bug 627004. Please file a new bug telling us where 'How to avoid crashes' is linked and we'll update it.