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Best Practice For Retiring RSS Feeds?

Posted by timothy on from the cleaning-up-in-advance dept.

GBJ writes "I work for an organisation that runs seasonal online competition events. Each event has its own news feed which becomes obsolete shortly after the event finishes. We're still getting RSS requests for some events as far back as 2004. I'd like to close a few thousand old feeds and remove the resource hit they cause, but I'm not sure what is the best approach. Currently I'm considering just returning a 404, but I have no idea if there is a better way to handle this. Uncle Google hasn't turned anything up yet, but sometimes it's hard to find something when you don't know what it's called ..."

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  1. Retiring feeds by smittyoneeach · · Score: 5, Funny

    Retiring feeds
    A phase-out needs.
    As facial bristles,
    Or torn skin bleeds.
    Burma Shave

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  2. Dear ask slashdot: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I am mildy retarded and lack any sort of thinking skills. Please tell me how to do my job.

    1. Re:Dear ask slashdot: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      My parents, Coleen and Howard Coward thought it would be funny to name me "Anonymous". All the kids tease me at school. I'm always depressed. Please help me straighten out my life.

  3. Do it the Eskimaux Way by wiredog · · Score: 1, Funny

    Put the feeds on an ice floe.

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  4. Re:301 by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just send them goatse links.

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