firstcontributions/first-contributions

Fix contributiors' bare/broken links

lovistawiah opened this issue · 17 comments

lovistawiah commented

🐞 Problem
The contributors.md file contains broken links, which hinder users from accessing other GitHub accounts. These broken links could be leading to non-existent pages on GitHub.

🎯 Goal
The goal is to fix the broken links or remove non-working links entirely in the contributors.md file. This change is important because broken links does not ensure the goals of the project.

💡 Possible solutions

  1. Review each link in the contributors.md file manually to identify broken links.
  2. Replace broken links with updated or correct URLs.
  3. Update the contributors.md file with the corrected links.

📋 Steps to solve the problem

  1. Start by reviewing the contributors.md file to identify broken links.
  2. Replace broken links with the correct URLs or remove them if the GitHub accounts are not found.
  3. Test the updated links to ensure they are working as expected.
  4. Add, commit, and push the changes to the repository.
  5. Submit a pull request addressing this issue.
  6. Ask for reviews and feedback on the pull request.
StepTheGlow commented

🐞 Problem The contributors.md file contains broken links, which hinder users from accessing other GitHub accounts. These broken links could be leading to non-existent pages on GitHub.

🎯 Goal The goal is to fix the broken links or remove non-working links entirely in the contributors.md file. This change is important because broken links does not ensure the goals of the project.

💡 Possible solutions

  1. Review each link in the contributors.md file manually to identify broken links.
  2. Replace broken links with updated or correct URLs.
  3. Update the contributors.md file with the corrected links.

📋 Steps to solve the problem

  1. Start by reviewing the contributors.md file to identify broken links.
  2. Replace broken links with the correct URLs or remove them if the GitHub accounts are not found.
  3. Test the updated links to ensure they are working as expected.
  4. Add, commit, and push the changes to the repository.
  5. Submit a pull request addressing this issue.
  6. Ask for reviews and feedback on the pull request.

i will try to do this although this is HARD

lovistawiah commented

It seems pretty HARD to do this. I also want to help.

StepTheGlow commented

It seems pretty HARD to do this. I also want to help.

uh......bro i think it's fixed

kenshanta commented

what's the update on this @lovistawiah

lovistawiah commented

Not been active for sometime due to some challenges and learning new skills - prompt engineering
I will do quick pull to keep up with latest and get back to @kenshanta with the update.
thanks for your patience

  • 👍1
lovistawiah commented

Before I start updating the contributors.md file, I think it should be stated clearly to new contributors to follow.

[profile name](https://www.example.com)
  1. replace profile name with GitHub username
  2. replace link with GitHub link

the preview should be:

  • ❤️1
kenshanta commented

@lovistawiah that's another topic, won't open an issue for it since beginners are bound to make mistakes no matter how crisp & clear the documentation is.

There can always be a pull request tackling this "issue".
But since merging Pull requests on this repository is quite a slow process i fear there could be conflicts when other contribute PRs are merged.

So it needs to be done only of prioritized and approved by the maintainer themselves

  • 👍3
StepTheGlow commented

Is there a fork we can work on? We can collaborate to fix contributors.md as there are many errors made by beginners.

kenshanta commented

@Roshanjossey we need your input on the matter

  • 👍1
lovistawiah commented

I have been working tirelessly on this issue. I will open PR today.

  • 👀2
StepTheGlow commented

I have been working tirelessly on this issue. I will open PR today.

May I offer my assistance, please?

lovistawiah commented

I am having difficulties fetching the latest update of the repo.
I want to fix the new errors added to the Contributors.md file.
Can anyone assist me to achieve the result
git commands used so far

git pull
git fetch origin 
git fetch --all --prune

I have also checked origin details using

git remote show origin
kenshanta commented

things to keep in mind when sharing an issue for other developers to debug:

  • specify the relevant information about your local setup. (in this case the repo and branch you are working on)
  • what you are trying to do
  • what is the bottleneck halting your deployment The more detailed information the better
  • what did you try so far and what was the outcome

Coming back to your issue, did you recently fork the repo?
if yes you don't need to pull as you have the latest changes
otherwise which repo & branch are you trying to update and to which commit?

what does the terminal print in the logs when you do git pull?

I am having difficulties fetching the latest update of the repo. I want to fix the new errors added to the Contributors.md file. Can anyone assist me to achieve the result git commands used so far

git pull
git fetch origin 
git fetch --all --prune

I have also checked origin details using

git remote show origin
kenshanta commented

Guys this issue needs to be handled by the maintainer as he controls the active links.
So i don't understand what you're working on

lovistawiah commented

@kenshanta, the main idea of the issue is to keep the contributors.md file clean
Some has put in weird stuffs. Extra texts that correspond to main idea of the project.
Looking at the project, is just a simple

  • 👍1
kenshanta commented

@lovistawiah do you think updating the issue title is a good idea?
since "broken link" means anything

  • 👍1
kainaat0110 commented

Hi, @lovistawiah , if the issue is unassigned and open, could I work on this one please?