[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5238: Remove or block the support forum for the defunct "Ask Questions" plugin

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#5238: Remove or block the support forum for the defunct "Ask Questions" plugin
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 Reporter:  sterndata       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by jonoaldersonwp):

 That said, all the searches are unsurprisingly for variants of 'wordpress
 ask a question' and 'ask wordpress question'. It's only a few hundred
 folks per month, but evidently they're eager to open threads!

 We could definitely add some new/extra/targeted pages for these kinds of
 terms as a quick win, but we'd still need to retire / noindex /
 canonicalise the exist stuff, which brings us back to square one.

 Also considering:

 > So, no, "closing" it isn't like just flipping a switch. Specific code
 would need to be added to the site to remove or hide it.

 Why can't we just add a 301 redirect / noindex / canonical for this URL
 (and its children)? That should be trivially simple, no?

 And, if it's not, given that we keep running into these types of issues,
 perhaps we could zoom out a little and scope some basic capabilities to
 facilitate this kind of thing in the future?

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