Thread: Moderator opinion wanted for recent 2nd Quadrant "Platinum Guarantee" Planet blog entry

<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The recent post regarding
2ndQuadrant's"Platinum Guarantee" would seem to violate the policies set forth for Planet PostgreSQL - specifically
withrespect to "Commerical Posts".  Would that be the official take as well?<br /></div><div class="gmail_default"
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 3:47 PM, David G. Johnston
<david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
> The recent post regarding 2ndQuadrant's "Platinum Guarantee" would seem to
> violate the policies set forth for Planet PostgreSQL - specifically with
> respect to "Commerical Posts".  Would that be the official take as well?

That's been raised on the moderator list as well.

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On 10/19/2016 07:49 AM, Dave Page wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 3:47 PM, David G. Johnston
> <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The recent post regarding 2ndQuadrant's "Platinum Guarantee" would seem to
>> violate the policies set forth for Planet PostgreSQL - specifically with
>> respect to "Commerical Posts".  Would that be the official take as well?
>
> That's been raised on the moderator list as well.
>

As the only thing that isn't commercial is the first paragraph, I would 
agree. It is a press release / ad not a blog.

Sincerely,

JD

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On 10/19/2016 08:50 AM, Umair Shahid wrote:
>
>     As the only thing that isn't commercial is the first paragraph, I
>     would agree. It is a press release / ad not a blog.
>
>
> We have removed the Planet tag from the blog and I worked with Alvaro to
> remove the post from Planet. Apologies for hassle.

Great followup! Thanks Umair.

Sincerely,

JD

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Command Prompt, Inc.                  http://the.postgres.company/                        +1-503-667-4564
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