The current hwdb is broken. Pointing to some other homepage is no fix at all: the hwdb is still there, not browseable and data are still generated by the users. Stating that this bug is fixed doesn't help anyone because it is simply wrong.
So either you close down the hwdb or you fix it. If you close it down, then you might want to rely on some homepage with user generated content - but that's not the question here.
The current hwdb is broken. Pointing to some other homepage is no fix at all: the hwdb is still there, not browseable and data are still generated by the users. Stating that this bug is fixed doesn't help anyone because it is simply wrong.
So either you close down the hwdb or you fix it. If you close it down, then you might want to rely on some homepage with user generated content - but that's not the question here.