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That page has been deleted - you need: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer%27s_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer%27s_day <GrumpyOldManMode> <ran

That page has been deleted - you need: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer%27s_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer%27s_day <GrumpyOldManMode> <rant> Do people not check that their submission actually works? What testing do you people do when you deploy software? </rant> </GrumpyOldManMode>

drtse4 16y ago
Not his fault, i tried to post this too a few hours ago but removed it because something seemed to be going on with the redirects, basically there are two pages, one with 's and one with s'... and at the time of my posting the links were continually swapped. Now that's here, can some russian HNer provide additional info on this? Looks like is legit, but i doubt it is celebrated as it deserves in Russia ;).
- varjag 16y ago
  It appears legit. Also, Russia has long tradition of professional days dating back to Soviet times. Construction Worker's Day, Teacher's Day, Paratrooper's Day, Collective Farmer's Day.. so why not? :)
  - drtse4 16y ago
    Cosmonautics Day too, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day
- raquo 16y ago
  It is totally legit, an official holiday in Russia since last year. However, we here have such days for a lot of different professions, so of course none of them are days off work, just days of vanity and recognition :)
guffshemr 16y ago
This is a recent update. When I posted the link, there was no such info that the page has been redirected.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
  Really? > This page has been deleted. The deletion and move log > for the page are provided below for reference. > > * 02:31, 21 September 2006 Kylu (talk | contribs) > deleted "Programmers Day" ‎ (content was > : '{{db-r1}}#REDIRECT: Programmer's day') Looks like it was deleted in 2006. If not, my bad and my apologies. But let me ask - you cut and pasted the link - did you check it worked by clicking on it from your submission? The reason I ask is because most people don't know that HN strips the apostrophes from links. If the page you saw on WikiPedia had the apostrophe, and you cut-n-pasted it, it won't have worked, but you will have thought it did.
joshzayin 16y ago
I re-added the redirect. Redirecting "Programmers Day" to "Programmers' Day" seems perfectly reasonable, and I'm unsure as to why it was deleted in the first place.
aw3c2 16y ago
It seems to work now. It is a major peeve that Wikipedia does not redirect the browser eg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmers_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmers_day to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer\s_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer\s_day properly. So if you copy an URL you end up with the link that will redirect, not the "proper" page.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
  It works now because someone has set up the redirect.
- travisp 16y ago
  An appropriate problem for Programmer's Day?

drtse4 16y ago

Not his fault, i tried to post this too a few hours ago but removed it because something seemed to be going on with the redirects, basically there are two pages, one with 's and one with s'... and at the time of my posting the links were continually swapped. Now that's here, can some russian HNer provide additional info on this? Looks like is legit, but i doubt it is celebrated as it deserves in Russia ;).

varjag 16y ago
It appears legit. Also, Russia has long tradition of professional days dating back to Soviet times. Construction Worker's Day, Teacher's Day, Paratrooper's Day, Collective Farmer's Day.. so why not? :)
- drtse4 16y ago
  Cosmonautics Day too, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day
raquo 16y ago
It is totally legit, an official holiday in Russia since last year. However, we here have such days for a lot of different professions, so of course none of them are days off work, just days of vanity and recognition :)

guffshemr 16y ago

This is a recent update. When I posted the link, there was no such info that the page has been redirected.

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
Really? > This page has been deleted. The deletion and move log > for the page are provided below for reference. > > * 02:31, 21 September 2006 Kylu (talk | contribs) > deleted "Programmers Day" ‎ (content was > : '{{db-r1}}#REDIRECT: Programmer's day') Looks like it was deleted in 2006. If not, my bad and my apologies. But let me ask - you cut and pasted the link - did you check it worked by clicking on it from your submission? The reason I ask is because most people don't know that HN strips the apostrophes from links. If the page you saw on WikiPedia had the apostrophe, and you cut-n-pasted it, it won't have worked, but you will have thought it did.

joshzayin 16y ago

I re-added the redirect. Redirecting "Programmers Day" to "Programmers' Day" seems perfectly reasonable, and I'm unsure as to why it was deleted in the first place.

aw3c2 16y ago

It seems to work now. It is a major peeve that Wikipedia does not redirect the browser eg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmers_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmers_day to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer\s_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer\s_day properly. So if you copy an URL you end up with the link that will redirect, not the "proper" page.

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
It works now because someone has set up the redirect.
travisp 16y ago
An appropriate problem for Programmer's Day?