This is what he actually requested in the ticket:<div><br></div><div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,'Bitstream Vera Sans',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I need this theme deleted out so the name can be freed up for the new theme I've created which is an entirely different project under a different author/WP username.</span></div>
</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Sounds like it's still something under his control. I see no reason to bother Otto with a request that serves no apparent purpose. Cross-reference against this request from the forums:</div>
<div><br></div><div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Then as a courtesy, I respectfully ask that for my personal privacy, this topic be deleted.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">...</span></div><div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
This is a specific and private issue that I needed to look into that adds no value to the community.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
I only posted here because I was unable to find a more suitable method of communication at the time.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
I'm uncomfortable keeping this topic public at this point and I politely and respectfully ask that you take that into consideration.</p></div></blockquote></div><div>And now it just sounds like perhaps "TidyThemes" is being retired, and the owner launching a new project/Theme shop, and wants to hide the relationship between the two. More power to him, but I still see no reason to delete forum topics or to delete a Theme in SVN.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Benjamin Howe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben@beh.me.uk" target="_blank">ben@beh.me.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Otto,<div><br></div><div>Can he do this even though (if I remember correctly) he mentioned something about a different author (with a different <b><a href="http://wordpress.org" target="_blank">wordpress.org</a> username</b>)?</div>
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</div><div>Ben<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">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">
Yes, technically I could go to a bunch of trouble to clear out the<br>
various traces from the three or four different parts of the system.<br>
<br>
Or he could just pick a different name.<br>
<br>
Guess which I'm suggesting?<br>
<br>
Or, given that he already has this name, he could simply upload his<br>
new theme with the same name and thus *replace* the old one. No need<br>
to clear out squat.<br>
<br>
-Otto<br>
<br>
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:55 AM, Daniel Fenn <<a href="mailto:danielx386@gmail.com" target="_blank">danielx386@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Cant the theme be deleted from SVN as well?<br>
><br>
> On 6/15/12, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">philip@frumph.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Just as I thought, thanks I’ll reply with that.<br>
>><br>
>> - Phil<br>
>><br>
>> From: Benjamin Howe<br>
>> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 2:44 AM<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Request for theme removal on the forums.<br>
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>> No, AFAIK he can't use the same name because the theme will remain in<br>
>> subversion even if it isn't on extend.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">philip@frumph.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod-look-need-theme-deleted-out?replies=1" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod-look-need-theme-deleted-out?replies=1</a><br>
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>> Noted in comment here:<br>
>> <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5567#comment:7" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5567#comment:7</a><br>
>><br>
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>><br>
>> If I understand it, he can't use the same name because if he did it will<br>
>> still update everyone who currently uses the same name to whatever he newly<br>
>> creates (if version higher, ya?)<br>
>><br>
>> - Phil<br>
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