<div dir="ltr">Honest question: what would you suggest that the *objective standard* be, with respect to policing Theme names?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Catch Themes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@catchthemes.com" target="_blank">info@catchthemes.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>It's not the matter of ranking. It's the matter of choices of theme name and manipulation. I feel The Box is so much manipulating Catch Box name. I don't care about ranking. <br>
<br></div>Also I am not totally against it. But I wanted to ask, if this is fair or not. Why is this type of theme getting approved and live and how we are going to handle this type of issue in future. <br><div><div class="h5">
<div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</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 style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Let me ask you a question: If you have <i>Example Responsive</i> do you think that your theme will rank better?</div></div><div><div>
<div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Catch Themes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@catchthemes.com" target="_blank">info@catchthemes.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">But this doesn't answer my question.<br><br><div class="gmail_extra">Catch Box Vs The Box : In Catch out theme in actually named Box, but to make it unique we added Catch as Prefix. So, it became Catch Box. Then doesn't this conflict with The Box. <br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra">Responsive Vs Simple Responsive Vs Catch Responsive: If the box is allowed then why not Catch Responsive. I am totally confused. <br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</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><ul style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-left:18px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px;list-style-position:initial;border:0px none;overflow:visible;margin-top:10px!important;margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:22px!important">
<li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px 0px;border:0px none;overflow:visible">Themes are <b>not</b> to use related Theme names (e.g. <i>WP Theme Name</i>, <i>Theme Name WP</i>, <i>The Theme Name</i>, etc.) in their name.</li>
</ul><div><font color="#555555" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18.200000762939453px">As per <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/" target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/</a></span></font></div>
</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Stephen Cui <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scui2005@gmail.com" target="_blank">scui2005@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">I will have a theme called Catch The Box. :-)</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Catch Themes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@catchthemes.com" target="_blank">info@catchthemes.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">Then what about Responsive Vs Catch Responsive Vs Box Responsive<div><div><br><div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:31 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</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 style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">No it does not mean that you can add any names. </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It means that we are not going to police the names like "Jumbo News" vs "Tiny News".</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Catch Themes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@catchthemes.com" target="_blank">info@catchthemes.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">WOW this means we can add any names.<div><div><br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:24 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</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 style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We stop policing the names ;)</div></div><div>
<div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Catch Themes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@catchthemes.com" target="_blank">info@catchthemes.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 dir="ltr">what about the theme that just got live with the theme name "The Box" <a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/the-box/" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/themes/the-box/</a>. Doesn't this conflict with our theme name "Catch Box" <a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/catch-box/" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/themes/catch-box/</a>.
It's making same strategy and looks like wanted to capture the user of
Catch Box with focus on box. Just wanted to confirm with the Admins
whether this type of name is allowed or not.</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">(FCFS) should apply for Theme names and it does, however at the same time too similar makes directory look ugly.</div>
</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Common sense should be the best approach ... even though I had "Opus Primus" in the theme repository for some time prior, the "Opus" theme was still approved. Personally, I have no issues with that, and did not get involved in that conversation when it was happening.<div>
<br></div><div>I had actually considered using Opus myself but chose a different naming convention due to the "branding" ideas I have for Opus ... er, Opus Primus. I guess I better get used to referring to my own theme by its proper name ... Opus Primus (*grin*)</div>
<div><br></div><div>As it is, I do not think it would be wise for us to eliminate theme name possibilities based on another more or less generic name already in use, or submitted, but we should definitely take into consideration as theme authors that using a more unique name would be more beneficial in the long run than trying to capitalize on a common term. If you build something noteworthy the name itself will not matter so much.</div>
<span><font color="#888888">
<div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div>Edward Caissie<br>aka Cais.</div></font></span><div><div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Justin Tadlock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:justin@justintadlock.com" target="_blank">justin@justintadlock.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">The theme name Solar would be too generic. It'd be unfair for us to police something like Solar Flare because you shouldn't get the rights to all uses of the single word "solar". On the other hand, if you had submitted Solar Flare and someone else came along and submitted Solar Flare Plus, that's when we have a problem.<div>
<br></div><div>What we really want is for theme authors to come up with unique names. Some of that just takes a little common sense when we review themes or just awareness that this is something we need to look at.<br><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Jose Castaneda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com" target="_blank">jomcastaneda@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
<div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Yes and no. It would be like me submitting a theme called Solar and then somebody else submitting a theme called Solar Flare. The biggest thing really is communicating that with the author. If they really have an issue with it we can, as a team, come up with a reasonable solution, right? Granted some are more active than others but more feedback is better than none. :)<div>
<br></div><div>Let's just not turn this into a witch hunt.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">But Business is toooooo generic and fair game according to Chip.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 4:25 AM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Dear Reviewers, </div>
<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
(<i>while we hate to Police the names</i>)</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Before we do an actual Theme review, can you please check the names first and if the name is not appropriate, don't approve, or even continue with the ticket at all.</div>
<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We have been approving names similar to:</div><div>
<ul style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><li>My Business<br></li><li>Your Business<br></li><li>Our Business<br></li><li>Flat Bootstrap<br></li><li>Real Bootstrap<br></li><li>Better Bootstrap</li><li>Good News</li><li>All News</li>
<li>Real-Estate News <br></li></ul><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">That's not good and also makes admins job difficult when we need to reopen the ticket and close as not-approved because of the Theme name.</div>
<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">So if we already have a Theme called <i>Example</i>, <i>WP Example</i> won't be appropriate, therefore should not be approved either.</div>
<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Names must not be related to another Theme and no SEO injected keywords either.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This is a full-stop and instant not-approval, no questions asked. </div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
Why? Two reasons. </div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">1) Our guideline says:</div><div><ul><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Themes are required to use appropriate Theme Names.</font><br>
</li><li><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Themes are not to use related Theme names (e.g. WP Twenty Fourteen, Twenty Fourteen WP, The Twenty Fourteen, etc.) in their name.</span><br></li></ul><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">2) When Theme name changes it goes into different priority and won't be associated with first submission in anyway. It becomes a totally different beast.</font></div>
<div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">This is to avoid confusion, not only for users, but also for authors as well. </font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Once we mark the ticket live there's nothing more we can do about, so if you can, let's try to avoid that please!</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Thanks,</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Emil</font></div></div></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div>
<br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div></div></div><br></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div></div></div><br></div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>
</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div></div>
</div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>
</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>
</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>
</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>
</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br>
</div></div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>
</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
</blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
theme-reviewers mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>