How to get your plugin removed from the directory

The following is a non-exhaustive list of things you can do to get your plugin rejected or removed from the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Yes, this is tongue-in-cheek. This is a list of things NOT TO DO.

Give it a license that is incompatible with WordPress’ license.
Host your plugin elsewhere, and only use the WordPress.org plugin listing as a pointer to that.
Use base64 encoding to hide your plugin code or obfuscate HTML that you’re injecting into people’s blogs.
Insert SEO spam links into people’s blogs (like <a href=”http://example.com/”>video poker</a>).
Insert external links (like a credit link, <a href=”http://example.com/”>My Awesome Plugin by Awesome Sauce</a>) into their blog without explicitly asking their permission, or make the default option be to insert the link.
Load portions of the code from an external site for no valid reason, or use any other trick to work around #3, #4 and #5.
Harvest people’s e-mail…

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