Re: [pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

2019-01-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 3:15 AM Mats Wichmann wrote: > Certainly, content should not be removed, that may have been a mistake > maybe? This isn't the first time Packt has made edits adding their own books and removing others. I'm sure it isn't deliberate, but it does look like the sort of mistake

Re: [pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

2019-01-02 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 1/2/19 3:50 AM, 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 wrote: > >> I don't know if you are aware, but Pakt

Re: [pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

2019-01-02 Thread Ewa Jodlowska
Hi folks - Pakt is doing a Humble Bundle promotion for the next two weeks featuring the PSF as one of the charities. Beyond that, we should chat with them about their wiki usage and possible sponsorship, they are not current PSF sponsors. We will reach out to them. On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 5:17

Re: [pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

2019-01-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 10:15 PM Steve Holden wrote: > > It may well (and it might be helpful to find our how much PSF income Pakt's > much-vaunted donations program yields). > > I don't, however, believe that whether they became a sponsor should alter our > approach to the Wiki content. Agreed

Re: [pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

2019-01-02 Thread Steve Holden
It may well (and it might be helpful to find our how much PSF income Pakt's much-vaunted donations program yields). I don't, however, believe that whether they became a sponsor should alter our approach to the Wiki content. regards Steve Holden On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 10:58 AM Chris Angelico

Re: [pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

2019-01-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 9:50 PM Steve Holden wrote: > > I'd agree this is abuse. We should revert the content to include the deleted > links, and stop these automated updates. This has been an ongoing point of discussion with Packt Publishing and the wiki (search the list archives for the full

Re: [pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

2019-01-02 Thread Steve Holden
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 wrote: > I don't know if you are aware, but Pakt has been publishing (apparently) > their complete list of

[pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

2019-01-02 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
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

Re: [pydotorg-www] Logins on wiki.python.org don't seem to be working

2019-01-02 Thread Steve Holden
Thanks Marc-André, It seems to me that the Wiki is in need of some tender loving care. Given the outdated nature of Moin's design, I'm wondering what might be the best way t bring it up to date. Does anyone have specific knowledge in this area? regards Steve Holden On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 8:50

Re: [pydotorg-www] Logins on wiki.python.org don't seem to be working

2019-01-02 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
I have restarted apache on the VM. I guess we will need a cleanup of the users on the moin instance. The 144k users together with the underpowered VM and frequent spikes in activity by bots trying to register accounts are causing those delays. On 01.01.2019 23:36, Mats Wichmann wrote: > On 1/1/19