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<DIV><SPAN class=843314317-04082011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Lorelle,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=843314317-04082011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Ok
that makes sense I think I got it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=843314317-04082011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial> So you are saying that if I wrote my WordPress Quick Start
Guide as a single article (it would be quite long) that might be acceptable
conditional on quality standards and integrity? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=843314317-04082011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=843314317-04082011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Marc </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
wp-docs-bounces@lists.automattic.com
[mailto:wp-docs-bounces@lists.automattic.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Lorelle on
WordPress<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:31 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
WordPress Documentation<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [wp-docs] User query about
linking to training content<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>We've had this come up many
times. I've put a reply to him on the discussion page. I think it represents
our feelings. Please edit or add to the discussion. <BR><BR>In general, we
link to individual articles on sites that might be considered commercial by
the strictest sense as they host advertising or sponsored content. Individual
articles may be acceptable if they meet our case by case requirements for
"quality," integrity and durability, as well as appropriate helpfulness. But
we don't link to entire sites, not allow one site to have a majority of links
in the Codex. It's a pain to keep checking for dead links so we choose
carefully. <BR><BR>If my reply meets with approval, I'd like to consider it
closed. In the future, let's direct them to Code Poet and the profiles on
WordPress.org so they can reach out to the right audience through those
venues. <BR><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>Lorelle<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:14 AM, esmi at quirm dot net
<SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:esmi@quirm.net">esmi@quirm.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>on 04/08/2011 12:08 Mika A Epstein said the following:
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class=gmail_quote>I'd vote for no, just on the basis of the pay for
affiliate links.<BR>Not something good for the codex. If they want to
rewrite it for the<BR>codex, that would
rock!<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV>+1<BR><BR>Otherwise, WPORG might be
perceived as endorsing some of the commercial stuff.<BR><BR>Mel
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