[wp-forums] Your WordPress forum

[Micah Cooksey]

One thing I've always liked about the "Your WP" area is that people  
can point out obvious mistakes and give helpful suggestions that the  
site owner may never have asked about.  So, in a way, it does (at  
least sometimes) serve to help people to learn WordPress.

However, I'm 100% against the posts that are not seeking advice on  
their site and posted only for SEO and traffic reasons.  That's where,  
like Jeff said, the showcase would be more fitting.

So if we could enforce/make clear the fact that it's only suitable to  
post if you're seeking advice, and that all other links, spam or not,  
will be removed, would that be too iffy to enforce?  If it would be  
too difficult to be universally fair in deleting posts, I'd be all for  
getting rid of that area.

I think nofollowing the links is a must, BTW.

I plan on being more active for awhile now; I had some tests to cram  
for, but now that they're out of the way I'll have more time to  
contribute.

Micah Cooksey
micah at ronnykathy.com





On Apr 4, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Mark Duncan wrote:

> The only downside to simply nofollow'ing links is that we leave  
> potentially harmful links in the forum.
>
> If we nofollow the links, then someone still needs to check they  
> don't point at nasty sites, which again reintroduces the problem of  
> needing to moderate that forum.
>
> You're certainly correct about closing the forum though, i can't see  
> any means to simply closing it from the bbPress backend, though i  
> can't imagine it's beyond the scope of bbPress.
>
> Chris, don't the automatic folks follow/subscribe to this list  
> already? I was under the impression some of the automatic team were  
> subscribers to this list.
>
> Appreciate your time responding.
>
> Mark
>
> Chris Kasten wrote:
>> Personally, I don't see a huge need to shut it down. I'd sure like  
>> to see
>> the links in forum posts nofollow'd though.
>> Technically, I'll have to explore the bbPress admin features. I'm  
>> not sure I
>> (admin level) have the option to much beyond completely remove or add
>> forums. Making one read-only doesn't seem to be an option. However,  
>> maybe
>> that's an option for the automattic folks with higher privs.
>> I'll try to put more thought into a more coherent reply after the  
>> current
>> religious holiday weekend winds down.
>> Chris_K
>> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Mark Duncan <wp-t31os at ntlworld.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> Following the discussion yesterday, i think it's pretty safe to  
>>> assume
>>> we're all happy to consider closing the "Your WordPress" forum and  
>>> posting
>>> an annoucement of some kind in the forum to highlight why this  
>>> change has
>>> been made. As has been brought up, it can always be re-opened if  
>>> there is a
>>> huge backlash from the change.
>>>
>>> I think i was being a little hasty in my eagerness to make  
>>> something happen
>>> yesterday and what i would now propose is that we allow a week or  
>>> so for
>>> others to air any objections to this change, and if noone has shown
>>> grievances within a week from now i'll make a start on formalising  
>>> an email
>>> to Matt to highlight the concerns and the proposed solution.
>>>
>>> Does everyone feel one week is enough to hash out any further  
>>> discussion on
>>> this issue and air disagreements?
>>>
>>> Of course this change is still subject to approval, so it's not as  
>>> if
>>> sending the email guarantees it will happen anyway.
>>>
>>> I often do alot of talking, share ideas, but usually i'm not very  
>>> proactive
>>> in making things happen(guilty as charged), i want this to be a  
>>> turning
>>> point and be something i work toward making happen if we're agreed  
>>> this will
>>> better the forums on the whole.
>>>
>>> Mark Duncan
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