[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3949: Old news trackbacks/pingbacks which return a non-200 status should be deleted

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#3949: Old news trackbacks/pingbacks which return a non-200 status should be
deleted
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 Reporter:  jonoaldersonwp  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  lowest          |   Milestone:
Component:  General         |  Resolution:
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Comment (by jonoaldersonwp):

 > Old news posts (like https://wordpress.org/news/2004/05/heres-the-beef/
 and https://wordpress.org/news/2007/09/preparing-for-23/), accumulated a
 lot of pingbacks/trackbacks. Many of those domains/pages are now dead,
 however, and as a result, we're linking out to a lot of dead ends.
 >
 > This is back for our users, and, indirectly, bad for SEO.
 >
 > We should procedurally delete any trackback/pingback which originated <
 2016* where the URL returns a non-200 status.
 >
 > *Somewhat arbitrary cutoff

 *This is ''bad'' for our users.

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