Thread:Robert Alvarez/@comment-20644-20151214233644/@comment-25737724-20151217111814

Brandon,

With how Bob's setup these comic pages with the same URL and same creator information for infobox, does that still pose an SEO threat to Marvel/DC? From an SEO requirement, I'm trying to understand if those pages still need to go or if Bob's updates satisfy the need?

Bob,

I spoke with some of the python guys and they got me a patch. There was an issue with python 3.5.1 but it's fixed now and I can run pywikibot.


 * Character Pages: I have a text file of character pages to mass delete since these are user contributed and would make sense to have DC/Marvel maintain these from an SEO and strategy standpoint. However, UnaBot needs permission to delete on this wiki to complete the task. I've tested on my sandbox and it works. Please add admin and rollback powers to UnaBot.


 * 'Comic Pages: I'm going to recommend that the "|Publisher=" field starts being maintained on ALL comic pages to make sure bots can more readily target these pages.
 * Option 1: You could update the "Comic Template" to automatically show the "See Marvel" or "See DC" as well as the accreditation at the end when it's a marvel/dc comic. It would just ignore what's in current appearance and notes etc if publisher = Marvel or DC. I think the pages need to still be fixed like you're doing. Hidden data may be viewed as keyword stuffing and would be an SEO problem for the owning wikias so that would be multiple updates for templates/pages to accomplish this.
 * Option 2: Having said that, honestly, nuking the pages is probably going to be easier and best serve the comic community. I think you mentioned this site being more of a hub... I think just having the volume point to marvel/dc makes more sense. If we're pointing to them for each issue anyways, and they already have the credits, summary, and characters, what's the point exactly of duplicating here? It's not my wiki to make that call but I just want to call that out as what I think makes the most sense to realize your vision of making this a hub where appropriate and where it can house information for sites that are too small to support comic info (like basically all the other comic publishers except Marvel/DC/Image/Dark Horse)... it just needs to be user-owned contributions of course.