[fpc-pascal] FPC websites blocked

[Nikolay Nikolov]

On 4/16/26 6:34 PM, Wayne Sherman via fpc-pascal wrote:
> I was doing some research via ChatGPT and asked the following:
>
> "In relation to the conversation above, what is described here?:
> https://wiki.freepascal.org/Release_engineering"
>
> The response was not worth reading because ChatGPT could not access
> the page.  Note this part of the response:
>
> "One limitation: the wiki page itself was blocked by the site’s access
> protection in this browsing session, so I could not read the full body
> directly. My description is based on the search snippet, category
> links, talk page, and related references."
>
> The FPC wiki website is also blocked from archive.org.  Note the
> latest capture for this page:
> https://web.archive.org/web/20250909050155/https://wiki.freepascal.org/Release_engineering
>
> Are these pages also blocked from Google search and other search
> engines?  I am unable to check that but someone with write access to
> the web server can check and monitor the status of Google's web
> crawler indexes.  See here:
> https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9012289?hl=en
>
> Question:
> "What will the long term consequences be of blocking any of the Free
> Pascal (fpc) websites (i.e. the main website, the forum, and the wiki)
> from AI / LLM tools, archive.org, and web search engines? How will
> users and potential new users of Free Pascal be affected? Summarize in
> one paragraph."
>
> Response:
> https://chatgpt.com/share/69e10026-f080-83e8-99bb-c48001698c87

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Best regards,

Nikolay