[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13011: Move trackbacks to a plugin

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#13011: Move trackbacks to a plugin
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 Reporter:  Viper007Bond      |       Owner:                
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Pings/Trackbacks  |     Version:  3.0           
 Severity:  normal            |    Keywords:                
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 This is kinda way out in left field, but what do you guys think about
 removing the whole trackback feature?

 I think it's pretty safe to say that 99.9% (if not more) of trackbacks are
 spam. The average user has no idea about them (no one really uses them
 anymore as they require manual user input of a special trackback URL) and
 I think the general public would be better off without all the spam they
 cause, Akismet or not.

 For the people that really, really want it, a plugin could be used.

 Thoughts?

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13011>
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