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

[Mark E]

mrmist wrote:

> I think it has to be a judgement call.  A Codex link is obviously 
> preferable, but the key function of the forums surely has to be 
> providing a solution to the problem at hand.  That's what the users 
> want, and to be critical, it's sometimes hard to get it on the forums 
> due to the interface and extreme churn, so if the link is external but 
> does fix the problem, I'd probably let it fly.

Sounds like a rationale approach. As for the Codex, it's not likely to 
become the end-all for WP info. Two reasons (among the many) are that 
people blog about tech issues regarding WP on their own blogs and don't 
sometimes have time or ambition to duplicate their work into the Codex; 
and sometimes decent info and help DOES get put into the Codex only to 
be edited out by some overzealous moderator who in some instances isn't 
exactly qualified to be passing such judgement (depending on the 
specific topic).

Mark