Remove spaCy Quickstart course due to spam domain #13854
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- Removed spacy-quickstart entry from universe.json - The learnspacy.com domain redirects to ads/spam - Fixes issue with broken external course link
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Problem
The "spaCy Quickstart" course links to learnspacy.com, which now redirects to spam/ads instead of educational content.
Solution
Changed the URL to blank in website/meta/universe.json to disable the problematic link.
Changes
Modified "url": "" (set to empty) for the "id": "spacy-quickstart" entry in universe.json
Result
Users won't be redirected to spam sites when browsing this course entry.