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Posted by: Alison
Hi all.
This could be useful and interesting. The Robots.txt file - associated with Google spidering, etc - is now available to edit by administrators. Link to enwiki file http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Robots.txt.
This means that admins should have a whole lot more control over what goes in there and what doesn't, without having to hassle a dev to go in to change it. Should be fun ... 
Posted by: Gold heart
QUOTE(Alison @ Sat 13th September 2008, 2:15am) 
Hi all.
This could be useful and interesting. The Robots.txt file - associated with Google spidering, etc - is now available to edit by administrators. Link to enwiki file http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Robots.txt.
This means that admins should have a whole lot more control over what goes in there and what doesn't, without having to hassle a dev to go in to change it. Should be fun ...
Nothing can redeem Wikipedia, it's incorrigible.
BTW, the sooner Matt Lewis goes the better. Don't take the troller too seriously IMHO.
Wikipeire was a far superior editor, and was falsely accused of sock-puppetry, and he got indeffed, and now look what's created. A complete load of s***e. Sigh!!! Typically Wikipedian!
Posted by: Alison
QUOTE(Gold heart @ Fri 12th September 2008, 6:47pm)
QUOTE(Alison @ Sat 13th September 2008, 2:15am)
Hi all.
This could be useful and interesting. The Robots.txt file - associated with Google spidering, etc - is now available to edit by administrators. Link to enwiki file http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Robots.txt.
This means that admins should have a whole lot more control over what goes in there and what doesn't, without having to hassle a dev to go in to change it. Should be fun ...
Nothing can redeem Wikipedia, it's incorrigible.
BTW, the sooner Matt Lewis goes the better. Don't take the troller too seriously IMHO.
Wikipeire was a far superior editor, and was falsely accused of sock-puppetry, and he got indeffed, and now look what's created. A complete load of s***e. Sigh!!! Typically Wikipedian!
Typically you actually, GH. Are you trolling those guys again with IPs and stuff?? Coz if you are, you're just driving people away. Like ya do
Posted by: Rootology
Thank God. Now lets exclude:
User:*
User talk:*
Wikipedia:*
Wikipedia talk:*
Talk:*
Posted by: Gold heart
QUOTE(Alison @ Sat 13th September 2008, 3:03am)
Typically you actually, GH. Are you trolling those guys again with IPs and stuff?? Coz if you are, you're just driving people away. Like ya do
LOL, Miss "A.S. Lion". Haven't been there for two months, can't blame all the woes of WP on me, or is it Poet. Who'd want to stay there? Seriously, a load of bunkum! Snooze!
Posted by: dogbiscuit
QUOTE(Rootology @ Sat 13th September 2008, 3:07am)
Thank God. Now lets exclude:
User:*
User talk:*
Wikipedia:*
Wikipedia talk:*
Talk:*
But why not mainspace too - then implement checked revisions so only sane and stable articles are searchable?
However, you suggest a move in the right direction.
Posted by: Pumpkin Muffins
QUOTE(Alison @ Fri 12th September 2008, 6:15pm)
Hi all.
This could be useful and interesting. The Robots.txt file - associated with Google spidering, etc - is now available to edit by administrators. Link to enwiki file http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Robots.txt.
This means that admins should have a whole lot more control over what goes in there and what doesn't, without having to hassle a dev to go in to change it. Should be fun ...
Kool, progress. Although I'm sure the malcontents will disagree and descend on this thread posthaste, furiously waving their hands and proselytizing about the evils of Wikipedia and how it is unsalvageable.
Hey Awbrey, you're needed, bring the koolaid
QUOTE(Rootology @ Fri 12th September 2008, 7:07pm)
Thank God. Now lets exclude:
User:*
User talk:*
Wikipedia:*
Wikipedia talk:*
Talk:*
User talk is excluded. see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&oldid=238152399#Search_engine_indexing_updates
Posted by: anthony
QUOTE(Alison @ Sat 13th September 2008, 1:15am)
Hi all.
This could be useful and interesting. The Robots.txt file - associated with Google spidering, etc - is now available to edit by administrators. Link to enwiki file http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Robots.txt.
This means that admins should have a whole lot more control over what goes in there and what doesn't, without having to hassle a dev to go in to change it. Should be fun ...
I predict that this will be a huge step backwards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_stuff_beans_up_your_nose), but I guess we'll wait and see.
Posted by: MZMcBride
Just to note, as far as I'm aware, this is a live hack specific to Wikimedia wikis, not a feature in core MediaWiki. (That is, don't try this at home and expect it to work.)