Opened 18 months ago
Closed 18 months ago
#62027 closed enhancement (invalid)
Privacy problem on WordPress Forums
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| Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
| Severity: | critical | Version: | |
| Component: | Privacy | Keywords: | |
| Focuses: | Cc: |
Description
Hello,
because of the poor support quality of a theme provider I was asked to share private information on a review answer, but I did so fully thinking that I could delete or modify the comment afterwards in the same way I was able to modify the review, but to my surprise I discovered that it was not possible.
This is the discussion in question https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-show-correct-authors/#post-18001973 , I want you guys to remove my email address and the link to my website, if you are not able to modify it you can just delete my response.
I know this usually shouldn't happen but this was a mistake from the theme provider and myself, and I'm really uncomfortable with private details being online forever.
So even though this isn't the right place to ask, I really hope that you guys can help me.
Thank you for your time and have a wonderful day!
HI there
Any post can be reported to the moderators using the Report button in the sidebar. (Note that the “sidebar” on narrow screens is located below the page’s main content.)
A post should be reported when in your opinion a forum moderator needs to take action on a post or thread. This would be when private information such as email addresses, phone numbers, login information or other personal information has been posted. A moderator can then edit the post to remove that information.
You can report spam or other breaches against the forum guidelines in the same way. Only the moderators will see who reported the topic and what note they added with their report.
Using the report button (or manually adding the tag modlook) as a way to get quicker response will not work. Such abuse may actually lead to your account being flagged for moderation, which will slow down your use of the forums.