[wp-forums] Deleting links in WPorg forums

[Jan Dembowski]

*Jan listens carefully for the click of the landmine*

http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Deleting_.2F_Editing_Posts

Aside from it not being done from a policy standpoint (see URL above)
part of the reason it's not done is because there are a lot of old posts
going back years.

Do we really want to entertain people posting to get posts edited or
deleted? That could become a full time job by itself.

Unless it's an extreme case (and a year old post is no way extreme) then
the post should remain intact. It's a good policy. When in doubt don't put
it on the Internet.

Thanks,

Jan Dembowski


On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Merci Javier <mercijavier at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi. I understand that there are user requests about editing/removing
> previous posts in our forums. In this case
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-old-wp-forum-post?replies=1 user's
> posted URL  at
>
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/handmade-silver-cufflinks-site-blog-integration?replies=1is
> no longer a WP blog at all.
>
> If one removes the URL in that post, then the user's post would become
> useless.
> If one doesn't remove the URL in that post, then you have a link to a
> non-WP site.
>
> Curiously seeking the best way,
> Mercime
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