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Curriculum challenges with external links - what to do with them?

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In a recent internal discussion, the team wanted to understand how many curriculum challenges currently have external links (outside of freeCodeCamp) where we may be relying on the external link’s information to teach something needed to solve the challenge. The discussion came about after a translator asked if an external ink could be changed to an external site with relevant information written in the corresponding language to be translated.

The following is a list of such challenges and their corresponding links. As almost every Rosetta Code challenge has a link to the original Rosetta Code site (to give source credit), the only Rosetta Code challenges listed below contain external links that are not Rosetta Code site pages but are present in the descriptions.

The purpose of this issue is to discuss/decide what to do for each challenge link listed. The choices are:

  • Leave existing link in challenge
  • Rewrite challenge so external link is not needed
  • Link to an existing freeCodeCamp news article containing the relevant information contained in the externally linked page.
  • Create new freeCodeCamp news articles containing the relevant information contained in the externally linked page.
List of files(collapsed list as it's a long list)

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Reactions:1
  • Comments:13 (11 by maintainers)

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devworkerkimcommented, Jan 21, 2021

I’ve been doing a random Rosetta Code challenge almost every day for the last few weeks and can provide some insight.

For the Rosetta Code challenges with external links, they’ve been hit and miss. I had one just yesterday (sum of a series) where the external links provided additional context to the problem, while I’ve had others where the original Rosetta Code description just wasn’t enough without the external link (execute a Markov algorithm).

My observation from doing the challenges is the Rosetta Code content was pulled directly from Rosetta Code and parsed as is to work on the freeCodeCamp platform. They have a different feel to them than other challenges written exclusively for freeCodeCamp. Some of the descriptions fit perfectly with the spirit of the platform while other descriptions are so sparse the external link is needed. I think it depends on each individual challenge what option to take. I would lean towards rewriting the challenge so the link is not needed and users can stay on the platform, but there will be some that a rewrite would make the description too long to read.

Of course all of this is contingent on how much time and help your wonderful volunteers have and what type of process is wanted to mange each review of the descriptions and external links.

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Sboonnycommented, Oct 27, 2022

I have closed this issue, because what’s left is GitHub development link, which could be an issue of its own without this much noise.

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