[WikiEN-l] WikiEN-L archives unavailable to search engines

[Tim Starling]

Earle Martin wrote:
> I see the list archives now include this in their HTML.
> 
> <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="noindex,follow">
> 
> How come? It's impeding the usefulness of having an archive at all.

It's a half-assed attempt to protect the reputations of the people who are
discussed on Wikimedia mailing lists. You can still search it via Gmane,
MARC or the htdig-based search box at
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/ .

-- Tim Starling