[theme-reviewers] Spammy theme?

[Angelo Bertolli]

Why not just have a "works with version X" selection for users like on
the plugin side?  Then the users could decide what was working, and
things could be pruned accordingly.


On 07/26/2011 03:44 PM, Justin Tadlock wrote:
> We've had this discussion before, so I'll say what I said before.  I'm
> all for it so long as there's actually a need for an update on the theme
> side of things (e.g., nav menus, comment form, etc.).  Just keep in mind
> that not all WP releases have things that need to be addressed in themes.
> 
> WP 2.9 is a generous cutoff date because we've had loads of theme
> features added to core WP since then.  WP 3.0 wouldn't be too much of a
> stretch.
> 
> On 7/25/2011 2:09 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>> I support this as well, but we need buy-in from higher up.
>>
>> I would propose WordPress 2.9 (December 18, 2009) is the *ideal*
>> cutoff - or, barring that, WordPress 2.8 (June 11 2009), as the
>> "generous" cutoff.
>>
>> I will raise the flag, if there is general consensus?
>>
>> Chip
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Amy Hendrix <sabreuse at gmail.com
>> <mailto:sabreuse at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I noticed that this theme was last updated in 2008 -- it seems like,
>>     as we're just now gearing up for the next release cycle, it might be a
>>     good time to revisit enforcement of the "must be kept up-to-date"
>>     guideline? I'd welcome autosuspension of themes that haven't been
>>     updated in n core versions with a "please update" message to the dev
>>     (where n is a somewhat generous number).
>>
>>     On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com
>>     <mailto:emil at themeid.com>> wrote:
>>     > Yes and thank you. Theme has been suspended from the directory.
>>     They had at
>>     > least one more site which was suspended in the past.
>>     >
>>     > ----
>>     > Emil Uzelac | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 <tel:224-444-0006> |
>>     Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
>>     > emil at themeid.com <mailto:emil at themeid.com> | http://themeid.com
>>     > Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert
>>     Einstein
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM, esmi at quirm dot net
>>     <esmi at quirm.net <mailto:esmi at quirm.net>>
>>     > wrote:
>>     >>
>>     >> <http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/3d-realty>
>>     >>
>>     >> The link on the theme's Repo page and in the footer of the theme
>>     leads to
>>     >> an SEO site. No mention of the theme anywhere on the SEO site.
>>     >>
>>     >> Mel P.
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