[wp-forums] Deleting links in WPorg forums

[Mika A Epstein]

If they start emailing you personally about how much you suck, tell us.

We hit them with a stick in those cases. I totally get how this is 
important to 'you,' but that doesn't give you an excuse to treat people 
like dirt. Don't feel like you have to take their grief alone.

Merci Javier wrote:
>
> Thank you Jan and Otto.
>
> I was going to post the stock answer/link for requests edit/delete
> posts/etc. per forum rules/mod handbook, until curiousity (baaad) got me
> checking which URI it was and saw link went to a non-WP page. 
> Experience in
> other forums has me deleting spam links/posts/topics. Post has been
> answered. Glad I checked in first with you all first :-)
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Otto<otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:22 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=1user'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,
>>
>> The answer here is essentially "no", or rather "not without a very,
>> very good reason". A good reason would be threats of violence,
>> personal/private information exposed, things of that nature. Abuse
>> type reasons.
>>
>> The usual case for somebody wanting their old posts edited to remove
>> links is that they're not happy with their site showing up on our
>> forums in google searches. That's not a good reason, so be hardline
>> about it and just say no.
>>
>> -Otto
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