[wp-forums] To what extent should we allowvolunteerstoplacelinks to their site

[t31os]

Hi Michael (and all readers),

Shall i take it these kinds of posts can "generally" be considered spam? 

It's certainly not the first account of this type I've seen, and they are
primarily the type of accounts I was targeting in my previous comments.

Thanks,
Rgds,

t31os


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[mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Michael E.
Hancock
Sent: 27 September 2009 15:12
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allowvolunteerstoplacelinks to their site

Cleaned up.

Thanks.

MichaelH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "t31os" <wp_t31os at t31os.co.uk>
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Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [wp-forums] To what extent should we allow 
volunteerstoplacelinks to their site


> Just to follow up on my previous comments regarding link promoting in the
> form of help..
>
> Here's an example.
> http://wordpress.org/support/profile/4595514
>
> Absolutely no user activity other then that to promote his solution.. I
> wanted to offer a good clear example, and spotted this guy today.
>
> Opinions?
>
> Rgds,
>
> t31os
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> [mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of t31os
> Sent: 24 September 2009 16:57
> To: wp-forums at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-forums] To what extent should we allow volunteers
> toplacelinks to their site
>
> Hi Michael (and all),
>
> I do not wish to stir trouble regarding users posting links, and I don't
> wish to hinder help in the forums, after all it's tough enough on those 
> that
> do try to devote their time in helping others. Of course the thread above 
> is
> a clear example of me doing the opposite (lucky it didn't get nasty), but 
> as
> I said there in the thread, forget it, I'll get over it..
>
> My point was simply this..
>
> There seems to be a growing trend (perhaps I'm imaging that though) of 
> users
> posting links to their sites only to give more vague and inferior 
> solutions
> to questions that are well documented in the Codex (I'd wager they may 
> even
> be aware of this). Not always, granted there are some very friendly and
> helpful users that do offer valid and friendly help (I try to be one when 
> I
> can).
>
> I also see this with promoting particular plugins or solutions, authors
> digging up multiple threads just so they can pimp their solution to a 
> given
> problem. This would be great if they were filling a niche (something noone
> else has done and people have asked for), heck I've posted a couple of
> threads like that myself, but I've seen posts dug up for common (well
> documented problems) numerous times simply so the user can link to his/her
> own site promoting their given method to X.
>
> I think for me, there seems to be this margin of flexibility surrounding
> posting of links depending on the nature and reasoning of the link posted.
>
> If users can post links to their sites every time they offer a fix to a
> problem (even if it's well documented already) then I can see this issue
> growing exponentially as other users catch on and realise they can
> circumvent link posting rules and advertise, just as long as they do it in
> the form of help.
>
> By all means if anyone thinks I'm just a picky old fool, then point it 
> out,
> we're all adults here and I won't take it personally.
>
> Rgds,
> t31os
>
> Mark (if you prefer).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> [mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Michael E.
> Hancock
> Sent: 24 September 2009 15:20
> To: WordPress Forum
> Subject: [wp-forums] To what extent should we allow volunteers to 
> placelinks
> to their site
>
> A recent thread in the Forums [1] raises the question, "To what extent
> should we allow volunteers to place links to their site when answering
> questions in the Forum?"
>
> What's the proper policy?
>
>
>
> [1] http://wordpress.org/support/topic/312391
>
>
>
> MichaelH
>
>
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