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Invalid link redirection

Doug Warren

November 12, 2013 16:03

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There is a problem with the following link:

http://www.geni.com/people/Edward-Fitzalan-Howard-18th-Duke-of-Norfolk

When you enter it in a browser, it's incorrectly directed to my profile page: 

http://www.geni.com/people/Doug-Warren/365257401830006322

The actual profile for Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk is: 

http://www.geni.com/people/Edward-Fitzalan-Howard-18th-Duke-of-Norfolk/6000000013250286322

Also, the Earls of Arundel Project page at

http://www.geni.com/projects/Earls-of-Arundel/124

has an entry in the List of Earls (second from the bottom)

• Edward FitzAlan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, 36th Earl of Arundel

If you click on it, it will be redirected to my profile (Doug Warren) instead of the correct one because of this problem.

If the bad link redirection can't be fixed right away, then at the Earls of Arundel Project page should be fixed so it goes to the explicit profile link by adding this to the URL link: /6000000013250286322

I have no idea at all how this could have happened, but it's not right and needs to be fixed.

Thanks, 

Doug Warren

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  Bjørn P. Brox November 12, 2013 18:09

  The first link is not a valid profile link - it is missing the profile-ID.

  Where did you find it?

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  Doug Warren November 12, 2013 19:08

  I noticed it on the Earls of Arundel Project page at http://www.geni.com/projects/Earls-of-Arundel/124, which has an entry in the List of Earls (second from the bottom)

  • Edward FitzAlan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, 36th Earl of Arundel

  If you click on it, it will be redirected to my profile (Doug Warren) instead of the correct one because of this problem. 

  The Earls of Arundel Project page should be fixed so it goes to the explicit profile link by adding this to the specific URL link: /6000000013250286322

  However, I still do not understand why the other link (without the profile-ID) would be redirected to mine.  Maybe it's just because I am logged in that it goes there.  However, it does not seem right to me to have a link without a profile-ID redirected like this; at least, there should be some error message about the invalid URL so that it can be corrected.

  Doug 

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  Bjørn P. Brox November 12, 2013 20:49

  All URL's in the project descriptions are manually added by a user and I guess he/she made an error.

  Any URL that starts with http://www.geni.com/people/ without the important profile-ID will redirect to your own profile.

  I have fixed that specific URL in the project description, but I suspect that several of them are not correct.
  Any responsible for that project should make a check, and probably also add the profiles to the project profile list as well.

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  Doug Warren November 12, 2013 21:02

  Thanks.  That fixed the problem.  I appreciate the quick response too.