[theme-reviewers] Credit link(s) question.

[Paul Appleyard]

I know that adding that kind of stuff disguised as 'placer' content or 
to demonstrate theme features is essentially pretty much always 
deliberate self-promotion or shivving in extra credit links.

But while I'm counting angels dancing on the head of a pin (to throw in 
a random metaphor and send our Finnish friends scurrying again for 
Google translate) perhaps that could be put further in black and white - 
it IS one area where many people will try to seek loopholes wherever 
they can, and getting specific might save some cumulative reviewer hours.

Just saying.

Paul Appleyard

On 20/05/2013 10:58 AM, Chip Bennett wrote:
> The credit links guideline. Only one credit link is allowed: in the 
> footer. Contact information, promotional videos, etc. - these are all 
> forms of credit/promotion.
>
>
> On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Paul Appleyard <paul at spacecat.com 
> <mailto:paul at spacecat.com>> wrote:
>
>     I would agree with that; but which part of the codex does it
>     contravene, out of curiosity?
>
>     Paul Appleyard
>
>
>     On 18/05/2013 6:36 AM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>>     Contact information and promotional YouTube video both need to go.
>>
>>
>>     On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Josh Pollock
>>     <jpollock412 at gmail.com <mailto:jpollock412 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         I am reviewing this theme
>>         (http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12544) which has a
>>         regular credit link in the footer. It also by default shows
>>         the theme shop's email address and phone number, which is
>>         demonstrating the theme's ability to highlight a business'
>>         contact info. Further it has in the right hand
>>         sidebar, embedded in an iframe, a youtube video that is a
>>         promo for another theme by this theme theme shop.
>>
>>         The contact info and youtube video are overridden by
>>         user settings in theme options. This theme is a 'lite'
>>         version of an up-sell theme.
>>
>>         The youtube video in the iframe I think is a problem. On the
>>         other hand, including their contact info to demonstrate a
>>         theme function doesn't bother me, unless it counts as having
>>         two credit links.
>>
>>         Should I reject the theme for either of these issues?
>>
>>
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