<font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Sounds good to me :)<br></font></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Trent Lapinski <<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Emil,<br>
><br>
> Who is the person to bring this to their attention then?<br>
><br>
> I'm aware that those posts are likely paid, I was simply stating a TC post<br>
> shouldn't be grounds for anything, especially if it was a paid post.<br>
><br>
> Obviously someone added PageLines to the featured list, and I would like to<br>
> know either 1) why? or 2) how I can get my own theme featured.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>- The criteria for being featured is that somebody with in charge<br>
thinks it should be featured.<br>
- The criteria for not being featured anymore is that somebody in<br>
charge thinks it shouldn't be featured anymore.<br>
<br>
I made PageLines featured. The reason I did it is because it was a<br>
special case, I reviewed the code and features of it at one point,<br>
thought it was pretty cool, and so I popped it in there.<br>
<br>
Whether it was "upsell" or not is not a factor I care about. I have no<br>
problem with upselling. However, I also have not reviewed iFeature and<br>
know nothing of it.<br>
<br>
Honestly, what is featured is basically at the whim and discretion of<br>
me, the theme reviewer admins, and anybody else with privileges on<br>
<a href="http://wordpress.org" target="_blank">wordpress.org</a>. We have no set plan, goal, or specific reasons for<br>
adding or removing from that list. Whoever told you that "upsell" was<br>
no good was probably not aware of how that list works.<br>
<br>
If you want to argue that the list doesn't change much, then I'd agree<br>
with you. I'd like it to change more often. However, I'd prefer that<br>
it not be changing every day or something to that effect. There's some<br>
themes we will always want to be there like twenty eleven, or the<br>
upcoming twenty twelve, for example. Annotum Base is unusual and<br>
different enough that it should be featured for a long time. But maybe<br>
it's time to retire a few like zbench or adventure journal or some<br>
such.<br>
<br>
<br>
Emil: I would oppose changing it to be merely a "top ten" list. We<br>
generally feature themes we think are new or interesting there, to<br>
draw attention to lesser used themes, or themes that we want to<br>
promote, or themes that do something unusual, etc. It has more value<br>
that way than simply being some kind of popularity contest.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
-Otto<br>
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