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><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
on 04/08/2011 12:08 Mika A Epstein said the following:<div class="im"><br>
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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>
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+1<br>
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Otherwise, WPORG might be perceived as endorsing some of the commercial stuff.<br>
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Mel<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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