<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We stop policing the names ;)</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 class="h5"><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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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(<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>
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