For this list, it's an obviously good idea. It's already search engine indexed offsite, there's no good reason not to have our own archive do the same.
- d. On 28 April 2018 at 18:51, Brian Wolff <[email protected]> wrote: > Currently https://lists.wikimedia.org/robots.txt bans indexing the > public archives of this list (at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/ ) > > Appearently this happened back in 2005 due to some people complaining > about their posts on some lists (not neccesarily this one) being at > the top of google. > > I think its kind of rediculous the tech support list for mediawiki not > indexable by google*. The first step for anyone trying to solve their > problem should be to google it but yet we don't let google show > results from this list. > > Its my understanding that if a list want to be indexed by google, that > the config would be changed for lists that request it. > > Thus, I would like to formerly propose that mediawiki-l be allowed to > be indexed by google et al. > > Thoughts? Objections? > > -- > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
