[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23143: Change user "website" profile field to "Web Profile page"

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#23143: Change user "website" profile field to "Web Profile page"
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 Reporter:  mark-k       |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Users        |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close        |
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Comment (by mark-k):

 Replying to [comment:2 toscho]:
 > Why shouldn’t we leave the additional fields for plugins? The
 ''website'' field is for any website, not just a very specialized part
 like another profile page. I don’t see any benefit restricting the
 semantics here.

 What is the use case for having that semantics in the first place? is
 there anyone using it at all? The semantics right now are too broad to be
 useful. I have 2 blogs, twitter, facebook and G+ accounts, so which URL
 should I specify as my website? The best answer is probably "the one from
 which I can discover all the others". I call it here a web profile, but
 maybe there are better descriptions.

 An alternative solution is to have a UI that allows several "websites" and
 specify some meta for each. Google profiles let you specify whether a
 webpage you link to is work website, blog, profile or a site you
 contribute to. I don't think there is any reason to adopt all of those
 specifications, but having a URL specified as a profile can be useful in
 deciding where you should go with rel="me" instead of rel="author"

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