[OpenStreetMap] #4818: Help site redirects to https, which isn't compatible with Google translate

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#4818: Help site redirects to https, which isn't compatible with Google translate
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 Reporter:  SomeoneElse  |      Owner:  rails-dev@…
     Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  minor        |  Milestone:
Component:  website      |    Version:
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 Most help site questions are in English, but many OSM users don't have
 English as a first language or don't have any knowledge of English at all.

 Machine translation services such as translate.google.com ought to be able
 to bridge the gap, but unfortunately that doesn't work with https sites.
 The text of pages can be cut and pasted, but that's cumbersome.

 The error that occurs is something like this:
 Sorry, this URL is invalid

     http://help.openstreetmap.org:443/questions/1792/exporting-a
 -relatively-large-map

 See here:
 https://ubuntuincident.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/patch-to-google-translate-
 https-pages/

 for an (old) summary of the problem and links to Google's comments on it.

 Would it be possible for the help site to NOT redirect from https to http?
 If so, it would be much more helpful to non-English-speaking OSMers.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/4818>
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