Seems like it would assist in eliminating duplicate requests for
assistance. I was actually unaware that this list was not indexed. Thanks>

On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> 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
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