I'd agree this is abuse. We should revert the content to include the deleted links, and stop these automated updates.
regards Steve Holden On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 10:22 AM M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote: > I don't know if you are aware, but Pakt has been publishing (apparently) > their complete list of Python books on the wiki, adding new titles > to the top of the page in an apparently automated way: > > https://wiki.python.org/moin/AdvancedBooks > https://wiki.python.org/moin/AdvancedBooks?action=info > > Not only that, but they removed older entries from the page: > > > https://wiki.python.org/moin/AdvancedBooks?action=info&max_count=100&offset=200 > > e.g. the Python Cookbook is no longer listed. > > I don't think the purpose of the wiki should be SEO and even less > removing competitor links. > > I think we should take action here, e.g. restore the old version of > the page and add a single link to the Pakt website instead of > the current endless list of entries. > > Thoughts ? > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Jan 02 2019) > >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ > >>> Python Database Interfaces ... http://products.egenix.com/ > >>> Plone/Zope Database Interfaces ... http://zope.egenix.com/ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg > Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 > http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ > http://www.malemburg.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > pydotorg-www mailing list > pydotorg-www@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www >
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