o.k., new ticket is created in Trac, #21624, “Multiplle Trackbacks field in edit screen removes spaces btw. URL’s on save/update in 3.4 & 3.4.1.”
some follow-up from before:
i understand that you, Ipstenu don’t feel trackbacks are useful, or at least don’t use them yourself, and just use the pingbacks that are in-line, that go automatically to other WP sites, and the sites you mention, like blogger, that receive WP pingbacks; and this, as you state, has not been totally updated in the codex material i quoted to you. i also acknowledge you think trackbacks are turned off by a lot of people as possibly used as spam.
However…
trackbacks are still useful.
yes, blogger, MT, WP and other CMS’s acknowledge the automatic pingback in-line in a post or page, others do not, and you did not mention Drupal, or Joomla, etc. also, as readily available open source and other CMS’s are nowadays, the majority of web sites one might link to out there are still done in straight HTML/CSS, with some javascript/jquery plug-ins to help and google analytics. for those, you need trackbacks. also, trackbacks and pingbacks are both useful, because those links in other sites draw possible traffic from those reading comments on the other linked-to site, seeing that there is related material referenced from there at your site.
also, if you have akismet or a similar plug-in running, that relegates most spammy trackbacks or pingbacks from truly unrelated sites into your comment spam folder.
my 2 cents about why trackbacks still are needed.
we’ll see what happens with the Trac defect.
thank you for all your input, help and guidance throughout.
best,
— faddah
portland, oregon
