On 9/18/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
This wouldn't stop people from coming to the site, only robots.
And how do people find the site if it doesn't appear in search results? I don't have the statistics, but I imagine the vast majority of visitors to Wikipedia come via a search engine.
Vast majority maybe, but not everyone.
If the bottom line is becoming the most visited website, then it's obviously a bad idea. If the bottom line is to create the worlds best encyclopedia, on the other hand, there's not an obvious winner either way.
Let's agree to disagree on this one. I highly doubt either of us would convince the other that ey's right, and I also highly doubt such a discussion is going to cause any change in policy.