Remove any link to cafelog.com on WordPress.org

[audrasjb]

See Core ticket ​https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63000.
The domain now serves (probably) illegal gambling content.

[ryelle]

The highest-profile link is probably the one on ​https://wordpress.org/about/ — should the link just be removed, or is there another place to link to? an archive.org version?

This will also change the string for all the Rosetta versions of the page.

It's also linked on ​https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/spoon/. How far back should checking the site go?

[audrasjb]

I think ​https://wordpress.org/about/ is probably the main issue. I think the best is to completely remove the link and replace it with "b2/cafelog" without link. So Rosetta versions won't display the link at all on their side as well.

[JeffPaul]

For these links across the wp.org and associated properties, I suspect we can (1) either update to remove the link entirely (2) try to coalesce on agreement for an existing link to use instead (e.g. ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress#History, ​https://github.com/WordPress/book/blob/trunk/Content/Part%201/2-b2-cafelog.md) or (3) create a new page on wp.org/about that hosts a concise summary of the ancestral b2/cafelog project.

[ryelle]

I've removed the link on /about, it's deploying now so it should be updated shortly.