<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>All for one and one for all ...<br><br></div>The guidelines, in general, are not meant to be creating an us and them, or more contentiously, a before and after segmentation of the Theme Repository. Although, honestly writing, there are a very minor few guidelines I personally do not agree with (and no I will not go into their details) but this "plugin only territory" guideline is not "new" and as written I do agree with.<br>
<br></div>Might this cause some unnecessary frustration and consternation for Theme Authors? Yes, but as most participants in this thread have already agreed the Theme Author is not the one we should be concerned with. Are there themes that have passed through the review process and these particular guidelines have been over-looked or not applied? Yes, to err is human ...<br>
<br></div>Being an admin from the very beginning, I have seen a lot of things submitted to the repository and a lot of these submissions resolve as not-approved due to the Theme Author not adhering to the appropriate guidelines at the time of submission. Many of these themes have been refactored (some with Herculean efforts) and eventually approved for inclusion but some still have not, but every one of the approved themes have provided a superior product to the end-user than (most) any not-approved theme has offered.<br>
<br></div>The guidelines are here to help us to provide these high quality themes and although the end-users may not recognize this directly take consolation when they write comments like "this worked just like I expected it to" ... that is their recognition. The WPTRT Admins (as I see the role) are not here as gatekeepers, that has never been our purpose or goal. We are here to facilitate the processes. We are here to listen to the community. We are here to help Theme Authors, and more importantly help the End-Users with insuring the theme they choose from the WordPress Theme repository, presents content correctly ... no matter the choice.<br>
<br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Edward Caissie<br>aka Cais.</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">philip@frumph.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Do not forget that the end users are the ones that are using the current
themes that have those features inside of them. In the end I am
thinking of them first.</div>
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<div>I vote (if I’m allowed)</div>
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<div>Recommended for Priority 1 reviews.</div>
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<div>Required for all others.</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="mercijavier@gmail.com" href="mailto:mercijavier@gmail.com" target="_blank">Merci Javier</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:42 AM</div><div class="im">
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [theme-reviewers] Webmaster Tools IDs - plugin
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:52 AM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Just the FYI. Since this was not a team decision we can vote either
recommend or remove completely. So far this was not an issue and we are
planning to keep that way. Nothing to require. We are the team, not one person
making decisions. Sorry. </p></blockquote>
<div>That's really vague. What does that mean? <br></div>
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<p dir="ltr">On Jul 16, 2013 3:50 AM, "Emil Uzelac" <<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></p>
<div dir="ltr">I've contacted all of the admins about this, we need to decide if
<div>this is a team or one person decision only. Sorry, I cannot stand</div>
<div>the bureaucracy no more. And again, no disrespect to anyone and</div>
<div>taking all as my personal opinion only :)</div>
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<div>Thanks for the input :)</div></div><br></blockquote>
<div><br>Who are the admins of the WPTRT? There should be transparency in these
matters after all. <br><br>I agree with the points that Chip made in this
thread. The end-user is the focus of the TRT. <br><br>And re Webmaster Tools IDs
analytics and such => <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-plugin-territory/" target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-plugin-territory/</a><br><br>Mercime<br></div>
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