[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:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Users        |     Version:
 Severity:  trivial      |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  close        |
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Changes (by toscho):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed
 * severity:  normal => trivial


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:4 mark-k]:
 > 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.

 As JDTrower said: This would be a big change. I just took a look at the
 websites I manage, and most users did not use the field for some profile
 page, but for their personal website.

 Your proposal is not backwards-compatible, and I see no way to get this
 conversion right.

 > 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".

 This might be ''your'' best answer. I would use one of my blogs, because
 that’s the only URL and content I can control. Other people might use the
 website they want to get a backlink for better SEO or whatever. WordPress
 cannot and should not restrict that.

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