Sorry Bob, you're right. It's more a could than a should :) My point was that there are many things that can break in the whole process which would prevent the deletion from being reflected.
Thanks, On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Bob Wyman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Julien Genestoux > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm afraid this is going to be something that needs to be addressed >> with Flipboard and Feedly. >> >> In theory, Atom has "thumbstones" for deleted content, and in theory, >> these should be propagated by >> the hubs, and in theory the publishers should delete the corresponding >> entries. > > It is important to recognize that the receiver of an Atom Tombstone is under > no obligation to do anything. One's publication of data on the Internet must > never be seen as obligating another to act in the absence of some prior > agreement to do so. Thus, it is not correct to say that a receiver of a > tombstone "should delete the corresponding entries." RFC 6721 wisely and > explicitly states: >> >> Publishers of feeds containing at:deleted-entry elements should note that >> the at:deleted-entry element is advisory in nature only, and it may be >> ignored by Atom Processors. The presence of an at:deleted-entry element does >> not guarantee that the atom:entry to which it is referring will no longer be >> available. For example, if an entry was published to a feed document that >> was published and processed yesterday by an aggregator application, and then >> is subsequently deleted today with a corresponding at:deleted-entry element >> added to the feed as a signal that the entry was deleted, there is no >> guarantee that the aggregator application will pay any attention to the >> at:deleted-entry element during subsequent processing operations. > > >> >> Now, as you've guessed, somewhere in that theory, something broke and >> the only way to get the content >> deleted is to reach out to both Feedly and Flipboard. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Robert Kennedy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > We are using pubsubhubbub on wordpress. We deleted some text blogs, but >> > they >> > are still showing up in our feeds to Flipboard and Feedly. Any >> > suggestions >> > on how to fix? >> > >> > -- >> > >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "Pubsubhubbub" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pubsubhubbub" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pubsubhubbub" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pubsubhubbub" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
