[theme-reviewers] Obsolete Themes Discussion

[Darren Slatten]

What happens when a Theme is suspended? Is it completely removed from the
repo (as far as the public is concerned)?



On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Just as an FYI, a WP 2.9 cutoff would put the cutoff on about Page 37<http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/browse/updated/page/37/>,
> resulting in the suspension of 58 of 95 pages of Themes; and a WP 2.8 cutoff
> would put the cutoff on about Page 57<http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/browse/updated/page/57/>,
> resulting in the suspension of 38 of 95 pages of Themes.
>
> Cais: any further thoughts on your "secondary repository" idea, that we
> might be able to implement here?
>
> Chp
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>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> 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> 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 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
>>> > 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
>>> >
>>> > 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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Darren Slatten
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