> On Nov 11, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger > <frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Am 11.11.2017 um 15:55 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: >> Okay, >> >> Once again, I search Google for some aspect of GnuCash functionality, and >> ONCE AGAIN, one of the top hits there is the 10 year old Draft Concept Guide >> lurking on the wiki. Not the ACTUAL, CURRENTLY-MAINTAINED Tutorial and >> Concept Guide. No. The ***Draft Concept Guide*** (ostensibly invisible on >> the gnucash wiki). > > That rises the question "why get the recent documents no better Google > ranking?" Something we are doing wrong there. To fix it, it might be > useful if you could be more precise, e.g. Which expression were you > searching, on which server are which results (www or wiki/lists/code). I > could imagine, wiki gets a better ranking than wiki because there is > more activity, but it might also be a suboptimal configuration of > robots.txt or similar. > >> As my subject line suggests, I believe this set of pages should BE REMOVED >> FROM THE WIKI. I know, I know—I’ve said it before. But, since the pages are >> still there, it bears repeating. >> >> I continue to question what purpose this inaccurate, outdated, unmaintained, >> and misleading set of pages serves. The only reason I have heard is that >> they might serve as a set of templates for other pages. I think that this is >> a specious argument; first, there does not seem to be much on the wiki that >> uses many wiki features; and second, if users need more technical guidance, >> there are numerous sources online to serve as guidance. >> >> I say, “Draft Concept Guide—BEGONE!” > > That reminds me of Cato who finished each speech in the roman senate > with "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem delendam esse." ;-) > > So if nobody else is interested I could move them below user:fell.
Frank, I've no objection to either moving them to your user page or deleting them altogether, though I wonder whether moving them will stop Google from finding them. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
