Item descriptions with broken links

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#1

Broken links to bundles/experiences:
Many item descriptions contain broken links to bundles due to a recent update that broke old links to bundles. I saw on another thread for the Dilophosaurus Head which had the same issue, that the item was recently fixed and had the word “Body” in the description changed to “Bundle”. That change (along with the change from “Package” to “Bundle”) may want to be made here.

Item with the broken link - Where the link should go
Astral Isle Apprentice’s Hat - Astral Isle Apprentice
Awesomesaurus Rex - Awesomesaurus Rex
Bombo Face - Bombo
Bombo Hair - Bombo
Brown Hair - Man
Chestnut Bun - Woman
Dark Age Master Mask - Darkage Master
Darkest Assassin - Darkest Assassin
Firefighter Hat - Firefighter
Fundroid Blaster - Fundroid
Fundroid Head - Fundroid
Garlic Necklace - Halloween CTF: Vampires vs. Werewolves (This can be fixed by changing catalog in the url to games.)
Heavy Iron Helmet - Iron Armor
Horned Doombringer - The Doombringer
Legendary Rogue Equipment Belt - Legendary Rogue
Legendary Rogue Hood - Legendary Rogue
Lord Umberhallow Head - Lord Umberhallow
Mars Mission 1 Blaster - Mars Mission 1
Mars Mission 1 Helmet - Mars Mission 1
Mr. Trololololo - Head - Mr. Trololololo
Orinthian Soldier Helmet - Orinthian Soldier
Orinthian Bow - Orinthian Soldier
PT-ST4 Mobile Armor Unit Helmet - PT-ST4 Mobile Armor Unit
Polar Bear Head - Polar Bear
Redsteel Ranger Helmet- A Gamestop Exclusive! - Redsteel Ranger
Redsteel Ranger Ray Gun- A Gamestop Exclusive - Redsteel Ranger
Santa Bot V12.25 Head - Santa Bot V12.25
Silver Dust - Halloween CTF: Vampires vs. Werewolves (This can be fixed by changing catalog in the url to games.)
Skarra, the Dragonkeeper’s Helmet - https://www.roblox.com/bundles/223/Skarra-the-Dragonkeeper
Snow Queen’s Hair - Snow Queen
Snow Queen’s Winter Crown - Snow Queen
Spiral Knight Crossbow - Spiral Knight
Spiral Knight Helmet - Spiral Knight
The Crook Fedora - The Crook
Valiant Adventurer Hood - Valiant Adventurer
Valiant Adventurer Sword - Valiant Adventurer
Walking Fred Head - Walking Fred
White Fang Mask - White Fang

Broken links to the Roblox blog:
In August 2022, Roblox deleted all blog posts made prior to March 2021, creating broken links throughout any items that used Roblox blog links. If Roblox does not plan to restore the blog posts anytime soon, the links to the blog should be removed.

Currently, old Roblox blog links redirect to the Newsroom as shown below.

Fait Lux: The Life and Times of a Builderman
Game Trailer Video Contest Winner
Opened Crimson Gift of Good Citizenship
Protest: ROBLOXians Against SOPA
RGC 2012 Baseball Cap
ROBLOX Best Buy Card
ROBLOX GameStop Card
ROBLOX Toys R Us Card
Robloxian Lottery Ticket

Broken links to old event pages:


Hiccup’s Flaming Sword - Sponsored by HTTYD2 - event page deactivated since 2014; redirects to homepage
Hot Wheels Spin Shotz Disc - event page deactivated since 2013; redirects to error page
KRE-O Battleship Admiral Shane - event page deactivated since 2012; redirects to error page
KRE-O Battleship Alien Shirt - event page deactivated since 2012; redirects to error page
KRE-O Battleship Cap - event page deactivated since 2012; redirects to error page
KRE-O Battleship Hopper Hat - event page deactivated since 2012; redirects to error page
KRE-O Battleship Shirt Black - event page deactivated since 2012; redirects to error page
KRE-O Battleship Shirt Blue - event page deactivated since 2012; redirects to error page
KRE-O Battleship Trophy - event page deactivated since 2012; redirects to error page
KRE-O Cap - event page deactivated since 2012; redirects to error page
Virtual BLOXcon 2014 Lanyard - event page deactivated since 2014; redirects to homepage
Virtual BloxCon 2013 Lanyard event page deactivated since 2013; redirects to error page

Expected behavior

For the items that have broken links to bundles/experiences, the descriptions of the items should be updated to contain working links to the relevant bundle/experience. For the items with broken links to the Roblox blog, references to the links should be removed from the items unless Roblox plans to restore the thousands of deleted posts. The items with links to inactive event pages should have their links removed completely.

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#2

Bumping for visibility and since there has been no acknowledgement message.

Again, I feel like there’s no value in having broken links in descriptions and staff have shown they are willing to make this change (with the Dilophosaurus Head desc being fixed on Feb 25). (If someone wants to argue historical value for some reason, I can assure you nothing is lost: chances are, the old description is archived on the Roblox Wiki and/or Wayback Machine. A player clicking a link that sends them to a 404 is a bug; there’s no reason to keep it around.)

Also, if anyone has found any other items with broken links, feel free to reply. This is just a thread of the ones I was able to find.

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#3

Just to clarify beforehand, this is my personal opinion. I don’t think Roblox has plans to restore these blogs. Although they were used to search and explore past contests, interviews, and events, they have been reimagined as “Newsrooms”, which is more corporate and technological, highlighting how Roblox is advancing in terms of safety and the use of technology for the platform’s future.

I do agree that it would have been nice if they could bring the classic blog, especially because it holds historical value in the evolution of Roblox, but it is important to note that Roblox is always rebranding itself. New teams, new directions, and new folks (as what some Roblox employees say around here), etc—everything consistently changing. These modifications and new plans will always have its ups and downs. That’s how things go—no strategy can please everyone.

#4

They actually started restoring some old blog posts today! The oldest one is this file format blog post from 2013.

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