I know this thread has settled down but this might be useful information here.
I stumbled upon this Twitter thread alleging publishing of books with high degree of plagiarism by them: https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1084244288672718849?s=21 Best, Pradyun On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 at 11:43 PM, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote: > Can someone please contact them and implement the changes ? > > Thanks. > > On 02.01.2019 11:50, Steve Holden wrote: > > 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 > > <mailto: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 <mailto:pydotorg-www@python.org> > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pydotorg-www mailing list > > pydotorg-www@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www > > > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Jan 06 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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