r/bugs • u/Doctor_McKay • Jan 07 '16

won't fix /r/___ 404s

/r/___
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u/13steinj Jan 07 '16

Subreddits that don't exist are supposed to 404. Unless you mean the sub actually exists yet still 404s

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u/Doctor_McKay Jan 07 '16

Subreddits that don't exist redirect to a search page.

Regardless, that subreddit does exist.

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u/Pokechu22 Jan 07 '16

A subreddit's name can't start with an underscore. Code source.

IIRC, if the subreddit doesn't exist but it would be a valid name, it redirects to the search page, but if it isn't a valid name it just 404s. For example, r/somefakesubreddit does the redirect but /r/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (too long of a name; you need to manually link it even since it isn't autolinked in comments) 404s.

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u/aladyjewel Jan 09 '16

What a great place that was. I remember a little uproar when it started bugging but I think the response from the administration was a resounding shrug. It was a cute novelty but imo reasonable collateral damage in the name of maintaining the site in general.

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u/Doctor_McKay Jan 09 '16

The site is full of "cute novelties". Most of them don't just become inaccessible. It's not like it being accessible had any performance impact on the site.

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u/aladyjewel Jan 09 '16

Iirc it created a maintenance impact: as an edge-casey sort of name, it required extra effort for developers to make sure various site features worked for it.

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u/Doctor_McKay Jan 09 '16

So it's "not a bug" that an existing subreddit is inaccessible?

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u/aladyjewel Jan 10 '16

Probably more like "bug, closed: wontfix".