On 09/21/2018 09:54 AM, Giles Thomas wrote: >> Gah, this area is a bit confused. >> >> So we have a page FreeHosts, a page NonCommercialHosting, a page >> OtherCommercialHosts, and a page SpecializedCommercialHosts. All of them >> end with a reference to PythonHosting, a page which does not exist. >> >> As a bit of cleanup I'd like at least to remove the link to >> PythonHosting, unless that's something we should resurrect from whatever >> dumpster it went into, and add an introductory line to those of the four >> that don't have one giving the definition of the category (specialized >> and non-commercial have one, free and other-commercial don't). >> >> Or... we could do something different.... anyone else who wants to dive >> in, please do. > > I'd love to dive in and help, but as someone with very much of a vested > interest in what those pages look like, I probably am not the right > person to do that. > > That said, something else I've noticed is that there appear to be a > number of dead links. On FreeHosts: > > * Frihost times out > * WikiWikiWeb.de gives a 503 error > > On SpecializedCommercialHosts: > > * INGATE occurs twice, as INGATE and Ingate > * RSHosting occurs four times, as RSHosting, RSHostingUK, UK Reseller > Web Hosting and Reseller Hosting. The latter two link to 404 pages. > * 30loops appears to go to a spam page > * ZyrixHost goes to a domain registrar's holding page > * Amaze goes to a recruitment company > * Centada Python Hosting -- domain no longer exists > * Computer Frontiers -- goes to a default Apache install > * CornerHost.com -- goes to a spam page > * Development Island -- has shut down > * DjangoDomain -- domain no longer exists > * Diginode Networks -- no page > * High Speed Rails -- domain registrar's holding page > * Hospedagem de Sites -- times out. (HomeHost - Hospedagem de sites > works, however) > * Hub-Hub -- goes to a site that appears to be for creating websites > with no technical knowledge, which is quite the opposite of what it > used to be. Apparently is pending renewal or deletion as of 2009... > * Quaxim -- domain no longer exists > * Dedicated Web Servers -- 404 page, root page on the domain does not > respond > * Sonologic -- has shut down > * Wikihosting.nl - 404 on front page > * UK Dedicated Hosting - PHP error > * WebNet Hosting -- some kind of login thing on the front page > > A number of others went to 404 pages, but all had links that took you to > what -- at a quick glance -- looked like a hosting company, so I've not > noted them. > > I'd be happy to sort the above out if it's OK with you.
please! any help welcome! (Steve Holden says glowing things so we trust you anyway :)) I've restored the PythonHosting page from the internet archive with just minimal formatting, so that link should work again now. _______________________________________________ pydotorg-www mailing list pydotorg-www@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www
