[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

Quoting Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com>:

> On 10/25/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> I suppose if the "dead" link goes to something actively misleading
>> instead of just a standard 404 page one should deactivate the link,
>> though, to make sure readers notice the fact that it's not the material
>> that was originally referenced.
>
> Such as those phony domain-squatter search engine pages that crop up
> when people fail to pay their bills.
>
> —C.W.
Yes, I think we remove that sort of thing routinely anyways. I've certainly
never hesitated to remove them.