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Most of the existing links to the Connect website are broken. by Fduch

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Type: Bug
ID: 767139
Opened: 10/11/2012 10:15:29 PM
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Most of the existing links to the Connect website are broken. Wrong again!
You should make the URLs operational again.
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Reproduction Steps
Browse the web and see some link to Connect bug http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=94264
Click the link.
Get this:
Page Not Found

The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have permission to view it.

If you believe you have reached this page in error, click the Help link at the top of the page to report the issue and include this ID in your e-mail: 540412a5-b4d2-4076-9927-49f88a34b541

Microsoft Connect welcome page.


It’s very easy to find these broken links. Just search in Google or Bing for "https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID”:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22https:%2F%2Fconnect.microsoft.com%2FVisualStudio%2Ffeedback%2FViewFeedback.aspx%3FFeedbackID%22
http://www.bing.com/search?q="https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.microsoft.com%2FVisualStudio%2Ffeedback%2FViewFeedback.aspx%3FFeedbackID”

16 of top 21 links are broken (see comment for the list).
Expected Results
I expect to click the link and see the linked feedback item.
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Posted by Tanyamya on 4/20/2013 at 10:23 AM
http://connect.microsoft.com/wcf/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=349215 - broken
Posted by jmoutray on 3/21/2013 at 11:21 AM
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/567859

Link to the above at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/06/15/10320846.aspx
Posted by Fduch on 3/20/2013 at 7:30 PM
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=380919 - broken
Is everyone dead?
Posted by Fduch on 3/8/2013 at 11:34 AM
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/368107/clxx-fatal-error-c1027-inconsistent-values-for-ym-between-creation-and-use-of-precompiled-headers - broken
Posted by Fduch on 3/1/2013 at 11:00 AM
Another one:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=97064 - broken
What are you trying to hide?
Posted by EvBell on 2/18/2013 at 2:48 PM
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/321285/wpf-application-fails-if-window-icon-is-a-vista-ico-file
Posted by Fduch on 2/10/2013 at 12:39 PM
Another one bites the dust...
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/282829/implementing-generic-method-from-generic-interface-causes-typeloadexception - broken
Posted by Fduch on 2/6/2013 at 9:01 AM
Another one
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=487382 - broken

Helllooooo. Anybody home?
Posted by Fduch on 1/3/2013 at 10:10 PM
Another one
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=376933 - broken
Posted by Kurt Bachtold on 1/2/2013 at 12:24 PM
Just found broken link trying to research this issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1021274/linq-to-sql-mapping-exception-when-using-abstract-base-classes

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=394255 - broken
Posted by i1yich on 11/19/2012 at 8:14 AM
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=478521 — broken
Posted by Fduch on 11/5/2012 at 12:04 PM
It’s very easy to reproduce. Just search in Google or Bing for "https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID”:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22https:%2F%2Fconnect.microsoft.com%2FVisualStudio%2Ffeedback%2FViewFeedback.aspx%3FFeedbackID%22
http://www.bing.com/search?q="https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.microsoft.com%2FVisualStudio%2Ffeedback%2FViewFeedback.aspx%3FFeedbackID”

Let’s see the top (most important) results from google:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=306848 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=271624 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=454130 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=378575 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=473660 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=276714 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=501215 works
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=498683 works
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=498240 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=459187 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=508527 works
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=502289 works
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=96947 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=483891 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=508636 works
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=362837 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=140018 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=296391 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=276404 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=389689 broken
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=4591 broken

16 of top 21 links are broken.
Posted by Muhaimin CS on 11/1/2012 at 2:05 AM
i find all links workable
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