[wp-forums] "official" policy should be made

[Michael B]

There's never been a problem with users posting with questions offering to
pay for the service.  Generally, they are asked to leave a contact, and
directed to the wp-pro list.  It is discouraged to allow negotiations or
offers to be made in the thread itself.

The pro list, as I know it, is just another venue for users to ask for paid
help.  There might be 2 posts a month to that list.  Suggesting that people
who offer services post to wp-pro, is, as I've already used the analogy,
like Burger Advertising to McDonalds.

So the question still remains, is there going to be zero tolerance for
selling goods/services in the forum, and where is that line drawn?



On 3/18/06, spencerp <psgif180 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> So basically saying, the "Services Forum idea" wouldn't be in question, or
> even a "possibility" then right? I'm for whatever decision really..even
> though I'm not a moderator and can't moderate threads.
>
> Matt Mullenweg wrote:
> I like restricting commercial offerings and requests to the wp-pro mailing
> list, it's what it was created for (sorta).
>
> Just curious, and kind of adding a suggestion maybe, would it revert back
> to the original rule for such types of posts?
>
> Also, as just a regular forum user, those posts don't really bother me per
> say. But at the same time, I think they just  clog the forums though.
>
> Would it be better for the moderators to just:
>
> 1) Close and Edit the threads of such nature, with a link to the wp-pro
> list..along with an explanation of why it was edited. And yet, let it linger
> around in the forums.
>
> or
>
> 2) Delete the thread entirely, and just have the moderators email that
> person, personally, with the link to the wp-pro list. And in that email have
> an explanation of why it was Deleted, as well as let them know of the
> limitations, if there is any..
>
> Sorry, was just trying to get a better understanding of all this really.
> =/ =)
>
> spencerp
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