[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5093: Proposal to allow users to remove URLs that they have added to their posts in the support forums

[Making WordPress.org]

#5093: Proposal to allow users to remove URLs that they have added to their posts
in the support forums
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 Reporter:  carike          |       Owner:  SergeyBiryukov
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  reviewing
 Priority:  high            |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |
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Comment (by dd32):

 Replying to [comment:39 Clorith]:
 > Do you mean ''any'' link will always be "anonymized" to logged out
 users, or just the link marked as the one a user mentioned needing help
 with?

 Replying to [comment:40 jonoaldersonwp]:
 > How do we reconcile 'disabling' potentially useful and relevant links
 with this? There's a reasonable chance that this change would
 significantly devalue these pages as 'resources' that help to solve the
 problems of other/future users.

 Thank you both, yeah, I had thought that.. but you're right - this is a
 case where it's not as straight forward, my suggestion would ease the
 support burden upon us, but remove useful content for others.

 How about..
  - Anonymise all instances of the domain in the 'link I need help with'
 field
  - Fill that field in automatically with the first link posted by the OP
 if they don't specify it? Just on the new post screen (or when replying)

 I'm thinking that upon clicking submit, if the field isn't set, throwing a
 red alert around the box with a "Hey! You've mentioned a URL in your post
 but not filled in this field. If you'd like to keep your website private
 and not post it publicly, entering it in here will show it to logged in
 users and support volunteers, but hide it to search engines."

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