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Bug 29285 - false error-404 reports
Summary: false error-404 reports
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Validator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: check (show other bugs)
Version: HEAD
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
URL: http://cold32.com
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Reported: 2015-11-15 01:50 UTC by Nick Levinson
Modified: 2015-11-15 01:50 UTC (History)
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Description Nick Levinson 2015-11-15 01:50:01 UTC
The W3C Link Checker, when I allowed 10 levels of recursion (more than needed) and set it to send the Referer, reported error 404 for some URLs in two runs (unless otherwise noted) but I had no problem visiting those URLs:

when I entered <http://cold32.com/6/people/2/female-fashion.htm>: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/08/04/429005094/women-theres-a-reason-why-youre-shivering-in-the-office

when I entered <http://cold32.com>, all the errors being with <mayoclinic.org>:

from <http://cold32.com/2/health/1/frostbite-and-killer-hypothermia.htm>:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/frostbite/basics/definition/con-20034608

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hypothermia/basics/definition/con-20020453

from <http://cold32.com/2/health/3/pneumonia-colds-and-infections.htm>:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pneumonia/basics/definition/con-20020032

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/basics/definition/con-20019062

from <http://cold32.com/2/health/4/heart-strain-blood-pressure-and-sundry-sickness.htm>:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-pressure/expert-answers/blood-pressure/faq-20058250

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hypothermia/basics/risk-factors/con-20020453

from <http://cold32.com/2/health/7/frail-or-small.htm>:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anorexia/basics/definition/con-20033002 (this was falsely reported in one run of the Link Checker but not in an earlier run)

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bulimia/basics/definition/con-20033050

from <http://cold32.com/5/action/1/energy-and-nutrients-but-less-junk-or-hot-food.htm>: http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/taurine/faq-20058177

For this bug report, I guessed the component and the version; the version is actually 4.81.