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<br><div><div>On Apr 25, 2012, at 8:08 AM, Dion Hulse (dd32) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>A small bit of advice though.. As a plugin author, my guideline was<br>always to only accept a translation link when it was to a personal<br>site, and a simple mention of "Arabic Translation from John smith" in<br>all other cases (If they'd agree to me using the translation without a<br>link to their spammy site..)<br><br>A LOT of people out there will do anything in an attempt to get some<br>"SEO backlinks" from <a href="http://WordPress.org">WordPress.org</a> (yes, even though external links<br>are marked as nofollow), Translation companies, random spammers in<br>general, and plenty of companies have offered me in the past<br>translations in return for a link to their commercial sites. There are<br>even some that offer extra items in return (Free advertising, hosting,<br>promo gear, etc)..<br><br>So take note of what they're asking you to link to, If it feels<br>spammy, non-personal, or something which would be rejected as an<br>Author URI in a plugin, be cautious..<br><br>On 25 April 2012 23:59, Edward Caissie <<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">That you are ...<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:24 AM, .: chris :. <<a href="mailto:chris@jazzsequence.com">chris@jazzsequence.com</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">adding a credit for translators<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">... anywhere is phenomenal! Well Done!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">... and, yes, the readme.txt file is a great place to make the notation.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cais.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">theme-reviewers mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>theme-reviewers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>