[wp-forums] Shall I tag for this

[Jan Dembowski]

Oh and in all the excitement I forgot to chime in on Andrew's original 
question: that user's fine and that link was OK too.

*Drinks much more coffee*

Thanks,

Jan "Coffee is good, real good, you can't have too much, WHAT?" Dembowski

> andrew nevins <mailto:andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com>
> March 27, 2014 at 4:17 AM
> Okay, but it'll mean certain promoters will thrive on the forums
>
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> Drew <mailto:xoodrew at gmail.com>
> March 27, 2014 at 4:06 AM
> My only point is that sometimes the information is available somewhere else
> in a more efficient form.
>
> It's fairly obvious if somebody is trying to link to something shady, so
> blanket-enforcing the "no-linking" rule could actually make solving the
> problem harder on all involved.
>
> Let's be moderators, not gatekeepers.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:54 AM, andrew nevins<andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>>> Somebody will always be promoted in any instance.
>> I thought that was the point, you tell them not to link at all so that you
>> avoid someone being promoted
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Drew<xoodrew at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a difference between me linking to one of my own videos vs
>>> somebody else's video? Somebody will always be promoted in any instance.
>>>
>>> And if helps the OP understand how to fix their problem I guess I just
>>> don't see the harm.  As long as they aren't charging for the video or
>> other
>>> linked instructions,  I don't see how this would be any different than,
>>> say, linking to a text tutorial in a pastebin.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:28 AM, andrew nevins<
>>> andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Yeah, but I was under the impression that you shouldn't let people link
>>> to
>>>> their sites like that
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Drew<xoodrew at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I wouldn't. People are gonna do what they're gonna do, and I don't
>> see
>>>>> anything wrong with it. I've pointed people to YouTube tutorials
>>> several
>>>>> times before. A video often serves as a better resource than typing
>> it
>>>> all
>>>>> out anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:05 AM, andrew nevins<
>>>>> andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I asked someone not to link to their YouTube channel, so they
>> didn't,
>>>> but
>>>>>> then told the OP to search for them on YouTube instead
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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> andrew nevins <mailto:andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com>
> March 27, 2014 at 3:54 AM
>> Somebody will always be promoted in any instance.
> I thought that was the point, you tell them not to link at all so that you
> avoid someone being promoted
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Drew<xoodrew at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Is there a difference between me linking to one of my own videos vs
>> somebody else's video? Somebody will always be promoted in any instance.
>>
>> And if helps the OP understand how to fix their problem I guess I just
>> don't see the harm.  As long as they aren't charging for the video or other
>> linked instructions,  I don't see how this would be any different than,
>> say, linking to a text tutorial in a pastebin.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:28 AM, andrew nevins<
>> andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>> Yeah, but I was under the impression that you shouldn't let people link
>> to
>>> their sites like that
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Drew<xoodrew at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I wouldn't. People are gonna do what they're gonna do, and I don't see
>>>> anything wrong with it. I've pointed people to YouTube tutorials
>> several
>>>> times before. A video often serves as a better resource than typing it
>>> all
>>>> out anyway.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:05 AM, andrew nevins<
>>>> andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I asked someone not to link to their YouTube channel, so they didn't,
>>> but
>>>>> then told the OP to search for them on YouTube instead
>>>>>
>>>>>
>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-texting-on-twenty-fourteen?replies=7
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> Drew <mailto:xoodrew at gmail.com>
> March 27, 2014 at 3:37 AM
> Is there a difference between me linking to one of my own videos vs
> somebody else's video? Somebody will always be promoted in any instance.
>
> And if helps the OP understand how to fix their problem I guess I just
> don't see the harm.  As long as they aren't charging for the video or other
> linked instructions,  I don't see how this would be any different than,
> say, linking to a text tutorial in a pastebin.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:28 AM, andrew nevins<andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, but I was under the impression that you shouldn't let people link to
>> their sites like that
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Drew<xoodrew at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> I wouldn't. People are gonna do what they're gonna do, and I don't see
>>> anything wrong with it. I've pointed people to YouTube tutorials several
>>> times before. A video often serves as a better resource than typing it
>> all
>>> out anyway.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:05 AM, andrew nevins<
>>> andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>> I asked someone not to link to their YouTube channel, so they didn't,
>> but
>>>> then told the OP to search for them on YouTube instead
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-texting-on-twenty-fourteen?replies=7
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> andrew nevins <mailto:andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com>
> March 27, 2014 at 3:28 AM
> Yeah, but I was under the impression that you shouldn't let people link to
> their sites like that
>
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