Google lists thousends (131.000) of sites having the title "Compose tips" (search for "compose tips" on google.com).
I don't know wheter this affects other Help pages too.

Shouldn't there be any way to restrict access to this pages to roles having edit node access? Or - at least - have an "NOINDEX" meta tag on them?

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#2 drupal.filter-tips-noindex.2.patch696 bytessun

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dagmar
Primary language Spanish
Location Argentina
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Project: Input Formats » Drupal core
Version: 6.x-1.0-beta6 » 7.x-dev
Component: User interface » filter.module
Issue tags: -input formats

I'm not sure if this is a bug.

Anyway, it is part of Drupal core.

sun’s picture

sun
Primary language German
Location Karlsruhe
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Title: "Compose tips" indexed by searchengines » "Compose tips" indexed by search engines
Priority: Minor » Normal
Status: Active » Needs review
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new drupal.filter-tips-noindex.2.patch696 bytes

Actually, that's duplicate content! Nice catch!

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nullbarriere commented

Just a little aftermark:

Adding filter tipps to robots.txt solves the indexing-by-google problem, but I would rather see to restrict access to this site completely for users not having any edit rights. Just to make sure it's not pinged or the like. But maybe it's not worth the work.

sun’s picture

sun
Primary language German
Location Karlsruhe
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Restricting user access to this page is not worth the trouble. So this patch is RTBC?

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sun
Primary language German
Location Karlsruhe
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#2: drupal.filter-tips-noindex.2.patch queued for re-testing.

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lambic commented
Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community
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lambic commented
Status: Reviewed & tested by the community » Needs review

This is already in 7.x and 8.x, does it need backport to 6.x?

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damien tournoud commented
Status: Needs review » Closed (duplicate)

See #1137848: /filter/tips page is listed by search engines.