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Re: [Bug-gnupedia]External Links in New Window


From: Tom Chance
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnupedia]External Links in New Window
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 01:47:13 -0800 (PST)

You couldm but it would still be linking to non-free
stuff. And I think thats one think we want to avoid
like the plague. Its like putting adverts on the page,
but putting beneath them "We have no association with
thses ads etc etc". Regardless of the stuff we write
on that redirection page, it doesn't change the fact
that we're linking there.

Tom


--- Christopher Mahan <address@hidden> wrote:
> An interesting idea about external links:
> 
> If we do the internal links like this (only an
> example)
> www.gne.org/articles?uid=123456789
> 
> can't we do the links like:
> 
> www.gne.org/external?linkid=www.yahoo.com/index.html
> 
> and have an intersticial page that says, sort of:
> 
> The link you have selected lies beyond the GNE. We
> are not responsible for 
> its content, etc, etc, yadda yadda
> 
> - Return to the article
> 
> - Proceed to your link
> 
> I think this would be very sensible.
> 
> Also. the external links could also be given an ID,
> like the internal 
> articles, and a script could occasionally check if
> the external links are 
> broker, redirecting to other pages, or that sort of
> things. And the script 
> could then email the author, and have him
> reestablish the correct 
> resource...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Dan Geiser" <address@hidden>
> >Reply-To: address@hidden
> >To: address@hidden
> >Subject: Re: [Bug-gnupedia]External Links in New
> Window
> >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:32:03 -0500
> >
> >Hi, Tom,
> >We weren't trying to justify including External
> Links as long as they were
> >in a separate window.  If External Links were OK'ed
> I was talking about
> >giving the UI the option of opening them in a
> separate window or not.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Dan Geiser <address@hidden>
> >
> >>Linking to material external to GNE is never going
> to
> >>work because of potential violations to the GNU
> >>policy. Regardless of whether or not its a new
> window
> >>etc it will still make GNE non-free, linking to
> >>material that isnt' free.
> >>
> >>Tom Chance
> >>
> >>
> >>--- Dan Geiser <address@hidden> wrote: >
> OK,
> >>then by default they WON'T open in a new window
> >> > but it's easy enough to
> >> > give people the option of having External Links
> open
> >> > in a new window or not.
> >> >   In fact many webloggers just provide a check
> box
> >> > on the page to enable or
> >> > disable it.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Dan Geiser <address@hidden>
> >> >
> >> > >Pulp <address@hidden> writes:
> >> > >
> >> > > > I feel (agree?) that we shouldn't have
> external
> >> > links as primary
> >> > > > resources.  I think it would be appropriate
> to
> >> > allow external links
> >> > > > as references in articles, so long as we
> clearly
> >> > distinguish between
> >> > > > internal links and external links.  We
> could
> >> > then make it clear that
> >> > > > external links are in no way cared-for or
> under
> >> > the umbrella of the
> >> > > > GNUPedia.
> >> > >
> >> > >I agree. I must rant that they shouldn't open
> new
> >> > browser windows,
> >> > >though ;) I hate that.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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