<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Nothing is safe or set :) </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
We have zero regulations at the moment and whatever was chosen this time around was strictly because they look good. Nothing more, nothing less.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Last month we featured Themes based on _s. There you go, we switch things around.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.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>Thanks Emil, for the clarification. Current batch is well designed.<br></div><div>Is it safe to assume upsell themes are not prohibited from featured list, now that an upsell theme has been featured?<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Amy Schneider <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amy.schneider15@yahoo.com" target="_blank">amy.schneider15@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span><br>How do I remove myself from this list. Please remove my name.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></span></div><span><font color="#888888"><div> </div><div>Amy Schneider</div></font></span><div><div> <div><br><br></div><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:03 PM, Emil Uzelac <<a>emil@uzelac.me</a>> wrote:<br>
</font> </div> <br><br> <div><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Earlier today you guys said how Jen
mentioned that we cannot feature the same Theme every month, right? <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
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We are not Theme Forest and don't have so many Themes to chose from. </div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
No Theme was chosen because of their background or who they are.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div>
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</div><div><br><br><div>On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I hope themes are not featured based on wptavern's coverage, they don't cover any of mine :(<br>
</div><div>Yes, I think criteria should be disclosed since this is an open community, even tough admins are short on time.<br>
</div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div><br><br><div>On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Trent Lapinski <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>I agree some of them are well designed, there a lot of well designed themes on <a rel="nofollow">WordPress.org</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>From my understanding, the contest was ended because they weren’t happy with theme shops being promoted. All the themes last month were not commercial theme companies.</div><div><br></div><div>This month the new list is nothing but upsell themes and themes from developers that are friends of Automattic / Audrey Capital. Many of which are companies or developers that had not previously contributed to <a rel="nofollow">WordPress.org</a>. </div>
<div><br></div><div>While I’m happy to see better designs on .org, I want to know what the criteria for being featured is now? Or at least an explanation of what the process is now?</div><div><br></div><div>I think we all have a reasonable expectation to know what determines if your theme is put in front of actual users. What is and is not allowed, etc.</div>
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<br></div><div><div><div><div>On May 29, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Srikanth Koneru <<a rel="nofollow">tskk79@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<div>All new featured themes look very well designed. <br></div>Important thing is they are being rotated monthly, which encourages me to create some very nice designs myself.<br></div><div>
<br><br><div>On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Trent Lapinski <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Is anyone else disappointed to see that the theme review contest was ended for a list of commercial theme shops with close ties to Automattic, personal friends, and employees of Audrey Capital (Matt Mullenweg’s personal investment company)?</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Theme Foundry (one of Automattic’s earliest theme partners), Justin Tadlock (a <a rel="nofollow">WordPress.org</a> admin), Sarah Gooding (a blogger for Audrey Capital), TeslaThemes (<a rel="nofollow">http://wptavern.com/teslathemes-celebrates-one-year-of-being-in-business</a>), and Themeify (a major commercial theme shops first theme on <a rel="nofollow">WordPress.org</a>) were all just gifted featured themes on <a rel="nofollow">WordPress.org</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So what exactly is the criteria for being featured now?</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>
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