[pydotorg-www] Editing IntroductoryBooks page

[Sumana Harihareswara]

On 1/29/20 11:47 AM, Mats Wichmann wrote:
> On 1/29/20 7:36 AM, daniël bosold wrote:
>> I was just reading the wiki looking for some recommended introductory
>> books on the IntroductoryBooks page and noticed that most of the
>> entries there are Video courses. While, interesting, it's not what
>> this page is about. Hoping to edit this page (and move the courses to
>> a VideoCourses page - or some such) I found that it's locked down,
>> likely due to inconsiderate users or spammers.
> 
> your guess is correct (the latter).
> 
>> I'd like to be able to fix this page as well as add a separate one for courses.
> 
> Sigh. It looks like Packt has been at it again.  We need some kind of
> solution to their overwhelming the pages, and maybe some solution to the
> currency of materials (I notice the end of the list have some things
> approaching 20 years old, not terribly likely to be that useful).
> 
> In any case, you need to tell us your wiki name before you can be added
> to the editors list.  Since spambots aren't able to provide the
> explanation you have just given, the bar is set right there: just tell
> us why you want to edit and we'll turn it on for you.
> 
> Note: if you don't have a wiki account yet, there have been some issues
> in recent times with account creation, the auth system there
> occasionally times out.  The current recommendation there is just to
> keep trying, hopefully that will be good enough.

Packt's behavior is so demoralizing. Ever since I read 
https://blogs.gnome.org/danni/2013/04/22/review-gnome-3-application-development-beginners-guide/ 
I've been so wary of their work.

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