[wp-docs] theme and plugin compatibility pages

[Lorelle VanFossen]

I'm trying to see the issue here and it seems like the addition of these
links to the compatibility pages go beyond the purpose of the page, which is
to list which Themes/Plugins are compatible with this version of WordPress.

Single links to the Themes that are compatible with this version are
appropriate. Single links to Themes with updates are also appropriate. More
than one link to any Theme or Plugin beyond a link to the page on
WordPress.org or their author page (minimum two links) goes beyond
usefulness into spammy.

We're going to have to trust your best judgment on this. If you think
anything beyond that is spammy, kill it. :D

And thanks for staying on top of this. It's a very important page that
people link to and refer to from all over the web and it's important that it
represent us well.

Lorelle


On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:30 AM, mrmist <listswpdocs at mist.org.uk> wrote:

> So last night I am checking for changes on the codex as I do, to purge off
> spam and the like, and I see that seo-dave has added masses of links to
> theme compat pages for 2.8 and 2.3, so I undo them.  We do that a couple of
> times.  seo-dave drops a message on my talk page this morning asking why I
> am reverting the changes.
>
> So I explain in there that I'm reverting them because it looks like spam to
> me.
>
> Anyway, his views and mine clearly differ as to what constitutes spam. To
> me, though, the theme compatibility pages and the plugin compat pages just
> look like long link-lists that can be taken advantage of.  I'm not convinced
> what their purpose is within the codex.
>
> To me, it would seem that if there's known issues with a theme, maybe that
> section belongs in the codex, but what's the point in the rest? Themes that
> pass the criteria appear in the WordPress Theme browser, I'm not sure why
> there is a codex page for the themes that people are essentially making a
> profit off.
>
> For now I guess I will have to leave these pages and not prune them of spam
> links as I would everywhere else.
>
> Any clarification is appreciated.
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