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

[Chip Bennett]

Sure, we can clarify that guideline to indicate that it covers all
public-facing promotion/credit.


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Paul Appleyard <paul at spacecat.com> wrote:

>  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>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>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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