<div dir="ltr">Otto,<div><br></div><div>My biggest concern here is that these requests require a personal demand on your time, and as such should be limited as much as possible. Without an automated process, it is unreasonable to ask you to make more such ownership name-changes than absolutely necessary. That's why I always respond that the decision is up to your prerogative. :)</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've long wondered what we do with names of commercial Themes? How do we police/control that? I don't mean submitting actual commercial Themes, but submitting completely *different* Themes, by the same name?</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 4:53 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"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><div class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I think the question of *prudent* Theme name choices is a valid discussion, but a completely separate one. We've gone down that road before, and personally, I don't want to get into the highly subjective (and controversial) issue of trying to be gatekeepers for Theme Names, aside from the basics we've got established currently.<div>
<br></div><div>The more important (and interesting) underlying question here is: what to do with abandoned (or changed) Theme names? Do we want to have some way to release abandoned Theme names (that is: names for Themes that are in SVN, but never got approved to be listed in the directory)? Or do we want to say: once claimed, it's gone; just pick a different name?</div>
</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The process is the exact same as transferring themes from one owner to another: namely, it's a huge pain in the ass involving me doing it by hand.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">At some point, this might be made easier. That point could be soonish. Dunno yet, plans aren't final. Working on it.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra">Still, the easiest solution is to use a different name. And for this case, I would highly recommend that, given that many other themes exist with the same name in many other places. Choosing a name somebody else already used elsewhere makes things more difficult for you in the long run.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Like when Polly asked me about the name "Intrepid", (see <a href="http://wptavern.com/introducing-ex-astris-a-free-wordpress-child-theme-for-stargazer" target="_blank">http://wptavern.com/introducing-ex-astris-a-free-wordpress-child-theme-for-stargazer</a> ), I did the same thing and found these:</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><a href="http://freelancewp.com/wordpress-theme/intrepid/" target="_blank">http://freelancewp.com/wordpress-theme/intrepid/</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="https://www.sz-solutions.com/blog/2010/02/21/wordpress-business-theme-intrepid/" target="_blank">https://www.sz-solutions.com/blog/2010/02/21/wordpress-business-theme-intrepid/</a><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Why would you choose a name that others have already used for similar code and risk confusion in search results? With a name that's unique, people will be more likely to find it.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_extra"><div>-Otto</div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div></font></span></div>
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