Article Mistake corrections

The article.
The store.

The forum post.

McGuywer said:
Link to store: (that should have been in the article)

http://www.dionwired.co.za/
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Budza said:
How is it possible that an article like this can fail to have a link to the store in question?

This isn't the first time. I wonder if it's an advertising thing, IE clicks through aren't measurable from a standard link.


:confused:
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Qwikslver said:
Where's the link to the store?
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DionWired has launched its revamped online store,
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WTF is the point in linking to your own site instead of to the store in question?

Wouldn't this make more sense:

DionWired has launched its revamped online store,
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Or even this:

DionWired has launched its revamped online store,
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Don't just fix this one instance, fix your behaviour regarding links to other sites.
 
Mouse said:
The article.
The store.

The forum post.

Don't just fix this one instance, fix your behaviour regarding links to other sites.
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Hi, thanks for raising your concern.

Unfortunately, when it comes to linking to external sites, there's an issue that keeps popping up - dead links. We have no control over external sites, and more often than not, coverage of certain events are linked externally to pages that change, move, or get pulled down after some time.

When that happens, we're left with dead links which count against us. We're currently in the process of getting rid of a large amount of these links, which are as a result of external linking.

While this may not necessarily be the case with DionWired right now, we have enough dead links to old website URLs in our system to show that things can change. You may think this is a weak excuse - but you're welcome to volunteer to fix the over 4000 dead links we have dating back years.

In terms of internal linking - company and people names, as well as terms, are all linked to an internal database, this has been the case for a while now. These are permanent links, and available locally.

Typically if we link to specific sites - such as with quick news - it's indicated as a "source" at the end of the article. Some of these links also break over time, though.

I hope this helps clarify our general approach.
 
QuintonB said:
Hi, thanks for raising your concern.

Unfortunately, when it comes to linking to external sites, there's an issue that keeps popping up - dead links. We have no control over external sites, and more often than not, coverage of certain events are linked externally to pages that change, move, or get pulled down after some time.

When that happens, we're left with dead links which count against us. We're currently in the process of getting rid of a large amount of these links, which are as a result of external linking.

While this may not necessarily be the case with DionWired right now, we have enough dead links to old website URLs in our system to show that things can change. You may think this is a weak excuse - but you're welcome to volunteer to fix the over 4000 dead links we have dating back years.

In terms of internal linking - company and people names, as well as terms, are all linked to an internal database, this has been the case for a while now. These are permanent links, and available locally.

Typically if we link to specific sites - such as with quick news - it's indicated as a "source" at the end of the article. Some of these links also break over time, though.

I hope this helps clarify our general approach.
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That explains your approach. It does little to help the situation though.
Perhaps a source link with a disclaimer regarding it's long term usefulness would be better.

Alternatively, you might want a link redirect function in place, that can look in your database for the required internal/external links, check if the external link results in a 404 error when attempting to resolve it, and if it does give you a 404, show your own internal link instead of the one everyone was expecting (I'm not sure if that affects some journalism standard though)
 
Mouse said:
That explains your approach. It does little to help the situation though.
Perhaps a source link with a disclaimer regarding it's long term usefulness would be better.

Alternatively, you might want a link redirect function in place, that can look in your database for the required internal/external links, check if the external link results in a 404 error when attempting to resolve it, and if it does give you a 404, show your own internal link instead of the one everyone was expecting (I'm not sure if that affects some journalism standard though)
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Your disclaimer suggestion helps readers understand, but does little to resolve dead-linking (which as I mentioned is detrimental to the site).

We will look into the matter, thanks :). Also, please do not continue the discussion in this thread :) (as per the thread rules). Thanks again.
 
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/general/65348-mtn-invades-vodacom-territory-with-new-ads.html

The following photos were taken on Lever Road, which is the only road which can be used to enter and exit Vodacom and Vodacom World.
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That is incorrect, there is a way to go on 14th Road without going on Lever Road (I work in 14th). So rather make it:

The following photos were taken on Lever Road, which is the main road used to enter and exit Vodacom and Vodacom World.
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this,
but the forum's <select> control to switch from one sub forum to the next has disappeared.
 
Mouse said:
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this,
but the forum's <select> control to switch from one sub forum to the next has disappeared.
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Yes indeed - we stopped the quick menu for now to reduce load until everything is stable. Will start to switch on things again when the system is stable and performs as expected.
 
Twitter instagram forum headline is incorrect. Its $525m not $5m.
 
Hmm, not a major one but members seem to be making jokes about it :p

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/68378-will-your-area-get-40mbps-vdsl.html listing the VDSL launch is(was) 2012 :p.

Welcome to 2013 in the official article mistake thread :). New record for no posts for a month :D.

Edit: or is this correct then.

Gerhardva said:
Yes, it was launched in March 2012 in some areas for trial purposes. Public launch is this year. For me, in Vereeniging, probably in 2025 only.
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posted moments ago.
 
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