[pydotorg-www] Request to edit wiki page
Mats Wichmann
mats at wichmann.us
Fri Sep 21 12:35:49 EDT 2018
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.
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