[wp-forums] "recent" info regarding Your WordPress forum

[Kim Parsell]

I thought we just planned to close it to new posts, but leave it for 
historical purposes. Siobhan was using it for her research for the book. 
http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/05/time-to-ditch-your-wordpress/#comment-150491


On 7/31/2013 9:15 AM, Mika Epstein wrote:
> Yes, and we can delete it, but Otto and I spent some time on Sunday trying to disable/hide it. I'll make a trac ticket today, Otto.
>
> On Jul 31, 2013, at 1:24, mrmist <listswpforum at mist.org.uk> wrote:
>> Further evidence, if it were needed, that "Your WordPress" is an outdated
>> boil that should be lanced from the forums entirely.
>>
>>
>> On 31 July 2013 08:14, Andrew2.Nevins <Andrew2.Nevins at live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> Just letting everyone know that there seems to be a surge in advertisement
>>> in the Your WordPress forum.
>>>
>>> I've noticed a string of accounts created with IP addresses starting with
>>> "109" that have been created for the sole purpose of creating 1 thread in
>>> the Your WordPress forum.
>>> For example:
>>>
>>> - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-my-site-httpcraftandtheneweconomyorg?replies=1
>>>
>>> - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-do-you-think-of-my-site-4?replies=5
>>>
>>> - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/feedback-needed-?replies=4
>>>
>>> - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-review-my-site-httpher-intuitionorg?replies=3
>>>
>>> - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-provide-some-feedback-?replies=4
>>>
>>> - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-new-site?replies=4
>>>
>>> Most of the time they're not doing anything wrong because they're allowed
>>> to show off their site, but it may not be worth giving your critiques on
>>> their websites since they may not be genuinely looking for feedback.
>>>
>>> Also a few of them have been advertising non-GPL themes so it may be worth
>>> checking that if you come across them.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrew.