[rssac-caucus] Tweaks to RSSAC-002

[Russ Mundy]

Well done, Andrew, this is very helpful!!  Russ

> On Sep 19, 2016, at 9:52 AM, Andrew Mcconachie <andrew.mcconachie at icann.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Warren,
> 
> This has been changed. The new RSSAC publications URL is:
> https://www.icann.org/groups/rssac/documents <https://www.icann.org/groups/rssac/documents>
> 
> The old URL still works and points to this new URL.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> 
>> On Sep 1, 2016, at 20:35, Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net <mailto:warren at kumari.net>> wrote:
>> 
>> So, I realize that the answer is probably "No", but is there a way that we can get a less "ugly" URL?
>> I have many complaints about the "new and improved" ICANN website, but the current RSSAC documents page URL makes it look like nothing has changed since May 2014...
>> 
>> SSAC has https://www.icann.org/groups/ssac/documents <https://www.icann.org/groups/ssac/documents> -- might we be able to get a "simple" URL for RSSAC too?
>> 
>> W 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Steve Sheng <steve.sheng at icann.org <mailto:steve.sheng at icann.org>> wrote:
>> Thanks Shane for this feedback! I think this is something staff can implement.
>> 
>>     "Please look for the latest version of this document at this page:
>> 
>>     https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rssac-publications-2014-05-12-en <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rssac-publications-2014-05-12-en>"
>> 
>> Best
>> Steve
>> 
>> On 8/31/16, 11:15 PM, "rssac-caucus-bounces at icann.org <mailto:rssac-caucus-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Shane Kerr" <rssac-caucus-bounces at icann.org <mailto:rssac-caucus-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of shane at time-travellers.org <mailto:shane at time-travellers.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>     Wes,
>> 
>>     At 2016-08-31 07:04:37 -0700
>>     Wes Hardaker <hardaker at isi.edu <mailto:hardaker at isi.edu>> wrote:
>> 
>>     > > Where is the repository for RSSAC documents?
>>     >
>>     > ICANN documents as a whole can be challenging to find, to the
>>     > multiple-versions and archived nature combined with their web
>>     > infrastructure, which is a typical CMS engine as far as I can tell.  The
>>     > results are searches that don't always point to the most recent
>>     > document.
>>     >
>>     > Instead, I'd suggest searching for "RSSAC publications" which turns up
>>     > the much more useful and should always be up to date publication list
>>     > based on release dates:
>>     >
>>     > https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rssac-publications-2014-05-12-en <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rssac-publications-2014-05-12-en>
>>     >
>>     > [Note: I have no role over the ICANN pages and the publication process]
>> 
>>     Thanks for the pointer!
>> 
>>     My guess is that other people would try a similar process to the one
>>     that I used and also end up in the wrong place.
>> 
>>     Educating everyone in the world seems really hard. Fixing the ICANN
>>     pages and publication process is probably easier, but I can easily
>>     imagine it taking many months if not years.
>> 
>>     What seems relatively easy would be to put some text at the top of the
>>     document saying:
>> 
>>     "Please look for the latest version of this document at this page:
>> 
>>     https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rssac-publications-2014-05-12-en <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rssac-publications-2014-05-12-en>"
>> 
>>     It's not great, because a human (or program) still has to search
>>     through the list and find the most recent copy, but it at least gives a
>>     hint about how to do this.
>> 
>>     BTW, I love the URL which includes a random date in it, although I am a
>>     bit disappointed that it doesn't have "pages/pages" in the path. ;)
>> 
>>     Cheers,
>> 
>>     --
>>     Shane
>> 
>> 
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>> I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad idea in the first place.
>> This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair of pants.
>>    ---maf
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