Last modified: 2013-04-22 16:14:35 UTC
From <https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/redirects.conf>: --- RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =boards.wikipedia.org RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://boards.wikimedia.org$1 [R=301,L] --- This should be investigated. I don't think either of these hostnames are valid.
confirmed, this doesn't look like it's doing anything. there is just "board" but not "boards". I guess maybe it existed in the past and it is a remnant that was forgotten in clean up.
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/54801/1/redirects.conf
merged, pushed config out, restarted Apaches. gone