[pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Wed Jan 2 06:15:41 EST 2019


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 <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 9:50 PM Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> 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 details). A while ago,
> a hint was dropped that Packt should perhaps consider becoming a
> sponsor, rather than continuing to add more and more free listings for
> their myriad books. It may be worth revisiting that point.
>
> ChrisA
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