Bug 261258 - Q&A Link on home page points to wrong web site
Summary: Q&A Link on home page points to wrong web site
Status: Open
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Website (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Many People
Assignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody)
URL:
Keywords: needs-patch
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2022-01-17 01:25 UTC by Rob Belics
Modified: 2023-11-25 16:25 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Rob Belics 2022-01-17 01:25:09 UTC
On the home page, the drop down menu Community -> Q&A (External). The link points to the Stack Exchange site Server Fault. https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/freebsd However, the topics allowed on that site are as follows from that site's FAQ https://serverfault.com/help/on-topic:

Server Fault is for questions about managing information technology systems in a business environment.

If your question is about:

* managing the hardware or software of servers, workstations, storage or networks

* tools used for administering, monitoring, or automating these

* deployment to and management of third-party provided information technology platforms

While not totally incorrect, the more appropriate and related site should be https://unix.stackexchange.com/ where the FAQ there (https://unix.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic) states:

Unix and Linux Stack Exchange is for users of Linux, FreeBSD and other Un*x-like operating systems.

If your question is about:

*Using or administering a *nix desktop or server

*The Unix foundation underlying OS X (but generally not frontend application questions)

*The underlying *nix OS on an embedded system or handheld device (e.g. an Android phone)

*Shell scripting

*Applications packaged in *nix distributions (note: being cross-platform does not disqualify)

*UNIX C API and System Interfaces ( within reason )

Perhaps both should be included in the drop down on the FreeBSD site.
Comment 1 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2022-01-17 10:58:40 UTC
(In reply to Rob Belics from comment #0)

> … Stack Exchange site Server Fault …

See also: bug 260968 comment 0
Comment 2 Minsoo Choo 2022-03-02 15:13:43 UTC
I'll take this.
Comment 3 Minsoo Choo 2022-03-02 15:16:49 UTC
Phabricator diff: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34410
Comment 4 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2022-03-02 17:20:55 UTC
(In reply to Minsoo Choo from comment #3)

Thank you, that review is for a different bug report with a similar number (261058, not 261258).
Comment 5 Minsoo Choo 2023-11-25 16:25:30 UTC
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42771

Since ServerFault is not managed by the FreeBSD Project, I think it's better to remove it from the menu bar.