[theme-reviewers] Question about removing default widgets

[Justin Tadlock]

My themes have been doing this for years here on .ORG.  You're  the 
first reviewer to ever even question that.  Of course a theme can 
replace the default widgets with better versions.  I've never had a user 
complain about any issues once.

On 2/28/2013 1:26 PM, Josh Pollock wrote:
> Maybe this is a silly first time reviewer question, but I have a 
> question regarding de-registering the default widgets.
> The theme I am reviewing de-registers all default widgets, and 
> replaces most of them with custom widgets of the same name with better 
> functionality. This means that if a user is using one of the default 
> widget before switching themes they disappear or if they are using a 
> multi-widget that calls one of the default widgets an error is 
> returned. Since not all of the default widgets are replaced some 
> functionality is lost, for instance there is no ability to show recent 
> posts using a widget.
> I think that this violates this rule:
> "The default WordPress widgets should work correctly in all widgetized 
> areas."
>
> Am I right? The de-registering of widgets and registering of new 
> widgets is noted properly in comments in the theme files. There is no 
> readme.txt. Could this issue be settled by including a readme with a 
> mention of this?
>
>
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