[wp-forums] What do we do with a poster whose URL is trademark vio?

Rich Pedley elfin at elfden.co.uk
Tue Dec 21 18:46:07 UTC 2010


On 21/12/2010 18:34, James Huff wrote:
> I like your snippet! :)
>
> As for the domains containing "wordpress", go ahead and remove them from their profile and then contact me either on or off list with the domain, and I'll make sure it gets handed to the right folks.
>
> ________
> James Huff
> http://macmanx.com
> http://weblogtoolscollection.com
>
> On Dec 21, 2010, at 10:10 AM, ipstenu at ipstenu.org wrote:
>
>> http://wordpress.org/support/profile/wordpressapi posts somewhat helpful posts but he's either intentionally pimping his site or just trying to help without understanding what he's doing.
>>
>> In one of his posts, I removed the email link but I haven't decided to unspam this one since I can't sort if I should edit it or what...
>>
>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/hierarchical-custom-post-type-cant-specify-parent?replies=1&view=all#post-1847684
>>
>> I'm tempted to yank everything but the first two sentances and replace it with
>>
>> [Blatant self-promotion removed - Your URL is in violation of the WordPress trademark usage policy (see http://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/ for details) and you are not providing the poster with any significant assistance.]

I deleted an email address in one place, but I'll leave this one for 
you to 'amend'.

However I'd also point the OP to a page on the codex that covers the 
topic in question.


esmi may already have emailed Matt about it, not 100% sure though.

Rich


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