[`exercism/exercism` Issue]: Outdated Content on Website

BethanyG · March 13, 2025, 6:59pm

Found the below logged against exercism/exercism on GitHub (It popped up in my GH notifications for some reason).

Thought it might be better surfaced here for discussion:

Out of date content on the website

opened 09:36PM - 12 Mar 25 UTC

Some things I noticed while browsing the website, that seem out of date: - [ ] …Swag store is still linked in the topnav, but it has been shut down - [ ] Perks page talks about 50% discount for CodeCrafters, but it's 40% now: https://exercism.org/perks - Bootcamp - Start time is referenced, which has already passed. - [ ] Topnav > Learn > Beginners Bootcamp says "Sign up now for January 2025 start." - Probably makes sense to add info about late enrollment there? Otherwise some people might not click since date has passed. - [ ] https://exercism.org/bootcamp/ also says "Starts Jan 2025" - There is the banner at the top, but I honestly took several minutes to notice. Maybe add info about late enrollment to the tagline and the FAQ.

Also noticed that the auto-reply bot about the forum is not active for exercism/exercism.

Should it be? Or should the maintainers or guardians group (or some other team) be checking for issues?

kotp · March 13, 2025, 7:02pm

The first line (I think) of the README for that repository is:

" For support, please post in the new Exercism forum. New posts here will be closed."

But I am surprised that they are not automatically closed, as promised in this statement.

iHiD · March 13, 2025, 8:21pm

Thanks

I believe it doesn’t close/reply for org-members or contributors (Out of date content on the website · exercism/exercism@39ec70d · GitHub)

That said, we could probably just have it for everything/everyone now? I don’t think it’s ever right for people to post there. Thoughts?

BethanyG · March 13, 2025, 8:25pm

Agree if their post is unlikely to be seen/responded to – especially for those contributors (like this person) who have made good suggestions/PRs in the past (and we hope will do so in the future).

iHiD · March 13, 2025, 8:26pm

Yeah - good shout. Would you like to PR the improvement to the GHA, or should I offer it around?

BethanyG · March 13, 2025, 8:28pm

I’d love to (been wanting to mess with GHA more) buuut to be realistic, I am underwater with my track to-do list, new exercises, and the bootcamp (plus other stuff).

So … shop around. Thanks for asking tho!

BNAndras · March 13, 2025, 8:59pm

The first issue noted was already surfaced in Discord and Jeremy’s aware.
The second issue noted was something I mentioned previously. The promo is applied as 40% but you’re supposed to contact CodeCrafters over email to get the 50%.

I’m not sure what the third issue refers to so I left that one alone.

I can’t replicate the fourth issue. I don’t see any date mentioned in the nav bar.

There’s currently a banner at the top of Bootcamp noting that late enrollments are allowed so the fifth issue about “Starts Jan 2025” might not be that big of an issue.

BNAndras · March 13, 2025, 10:17pm

The README says For support, please post in the new Exercism forum. New posts here will be closed.

I think the second sentence could be tweaked slightly to reference newly created issues or PRs. The juxtaposition of forum posts and GitHub “posts” might be confusing.