Update Game Q&A access instructions for the new Team Q&A platform - #455
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FIRST replaced the Game Q&A system with a new "Team Q&A" platform at game-qa.firstinspires.org (per the official Team Q&A Quick Start Guide, revision 26-27.1). The access process changed significantly: - Teams log in with their existing FIRST Dashboard credentials directly; there's no longer a separate Q&A account/voucher code issued via the Dashboard's "Passwords/Voucher Codes" page. - Question-asking authority is now tied to three specific team roles (Lead Coach 1, Lead Coach 2, Team Administrator) rather than "whoever holds the team credentials". - Viewing the Q&A never required login; that's unchanged, but now explicit in the new guide. - The old "one-page summary" printable page doesn't have an equivalent on the new platform (checked both the old onepage.html path and the new site's unauthenticated view), so that section is removed rather than left pointing at something that no longer exists. Also updates every other page's "ftc-qa.firstinspires.org" link to the new domain, since the old domain's links all point at the same superseded system. Left tech-tip-using-servos.rst's link to a specific historical question (qa/229) alone: ftc-qa.firstinspires.org/qa/229 does 302-redirect to a new-domain equivalent, but that redirect target currently 500s, so swapping the domain there wouldn't actually fix anything and risks guessing an unverifiable path -- worth a follow-up once that's sorted out upstream. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
ftc-qa.firstinspires.org/qa/229 redirects to a new-platform path scoped to the current season's board, which doesn't contain a question from a past season, so it 500s. Since Q&A question IDs aren't stable across seasons, there's no replacement link to point to -- just reference the Game Q&A by name instead. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- There's no personal account to create on the Team Q&A anymore -- it uses FIRST Dashboard SSO. Viewing still doesn't require logging in. - Don't claim Q&A rulings are "final and binding"; only that they get reflected in the Competition Manual. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keeps the login/SSO explanation, but replaces the step-by-step ask-a-question walkthrough (team roles, the Draft/Preview/Submit flow, the drafts-vs-submitted note) with a link to FIRST's own Team Q&A Quick Start Guide PDF. Avoids this page going stale again the next time FIRST tweaks the Q&A UI. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
FIRST replaced the Game Q&A system with a new "Team Q&A" platform at
game-qa.firstinspires.org(per the official Team Q&A Quick Start Guide, revision 26-27.1, linked from https://ftc-resources.firstinspires.org/ftc/game/q-a-help). The access process changed meaningfully, sogame_specific_resources/ftcqa/ftcqa.rstneeded more than a URL swap:onepage.htmlpath and the new site's logged-out view, and there's no equivalent feature on the new platform, so leaving it in would just point at something that no longer exists.Also updated every other page's
ftc-qa.firstinspires.orglink (7 files + the site-wide header nav in_templates/layout.html) to the new domain, since they all pointed at the same superseded system.Fixed
tech-tip-using-servos.rstlinks to a specific historical question (ftc-qa.firstinspires.org/qa/229). That old link does 302-redirect to a same-numbered path on the new domain, but the redirect target currently returns a 500 error, so removed the link but kept the context.Test plan
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