[wp-forums] To what extent should we allow volunteers to place links to their site

[esmi at quirm dot net]

on 24/09/2009 16:47 Mark R said the following:

> If there were to be an exception - because there always has to be one
> - it would be a third party site or trusted forum volunteer's site
> where a niche answer has been given in detail.

How do you define "niche answer"? Especially without giving forum mods 
more work to do?

I have to declare an interest here. I have over a dozen articles on my 
own site that I regularly post on the forums. The prime reason being to 
save me typing out the same answers over and over again.

http://quirm.net/2009/06/12/setting-up-a-static-wordpress-home-page/

probably replicates the Codex page most closely but, as with the other 
articles, I wrote them *because* certain topics were being posted again 
and again. In some cases, there wasn't one place in the Codex that I 
could refer people to.

In other cases, I tried to distil what was in the Codex into a very 
simple "1, 2, 3" format. There's no denying that the Codex does scare 
many non-technical users and I seriously doubt that much can be done 
about this if the Codex is still to offer in-depth technical support. 
It's the ongoing problem of trying to please too many people at the same 
time.

Then finally there's something like:

http://quirm.net/2009/06/26/the-wordpress-gallery/

which fills a gap in the Codex. One day, I do intend to add it (if no 
one beats me to it) but, for now, it's far easier to publish something 
quickly on one of my own sites than get to grips with the standard 
procedures/practices for Codex publishing. There just aren't enough 
hours in a day.

I'm more than happy to submit article urls for vetting, if that was to 
be required. It's just that, right now, I don't see how to control this 
without creating more work for people who probably already have their 
plates full.

-- 
esmi