On page deletion the system should prompt with the files that are linking to it
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Neha Mathur
It would be good to know the file dependencies before an article is deleted so that links can be fixed in advanced and not as an after process.
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What articles link to a specific article
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Auri Poso
I sorely need to know what other articles link to a specific article that I'm about to delete (especially in the absence of an archive function). Either it doesn't exist or I can't find it in the UI - in either case I need it to be possible.
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sridhar joshi
This is such a wonderful thing to have.
Stephen Kairys
This is a great idea. I'm going to be deleting a few articles soon (because of redundant content) and it would be great to be reassured that nothing links to the deleted doc. Proactively rather than reactively.
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Auri Poso
So when I delete an article, I first delete or edit the links to that article from any other. For example, "Create X" might be linked from "Setting up X and Y", "X options", "Create Y" and so on.
If I don't do this, then the links from the other articles break. There's a space of time when I have to go to the link management section to fix all the links I missed. This takes time, and in the meanwhile users are getting 404s.
I want to be able to proactively edit the links so that when the article gets deleted, it no longer has any incoming links.
Mohamed Shakheen
Hi Auri, Thanks for sharing the feedback.
Could you please elaborate this usecase?
Caroline Tabach
Mohamed Shakheen From time to time we might remove an article, but that article might be linked to from other articles,
If we delete it, we will break lots of things in the system
It would be great if there was a warning that the article is linked to, and a list of articles where it appears. We can then remove the link, or use a different one. This also shows the full implications of removing an article.
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Nur Awad
I recently had a call with Doc360 on this and they told me to open a feature request on it. Looks like there already is one.
Shawn Wilson
When a page is deleted, do the links on the dependent pages just become "broken"? Maybe a new page should be created, with the links of the dependent pages. That way, we can see a list of the affected pages. Also, if you're on a dependent page, the link will bring you to this page so you know what maintenance has to be done.
David Gregory
We should be able to delete the files as apart of deleting a page as long as the files are not used in any other published or edited pages
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