[theme-reviewers] Spammers?

Emil Uzelac emil at uzelac.me
Wed May 22 06:47:02 UTC 2013


All right, feel free to close all of them, note the spam and link to
guideline where spam is prohibited.
On May 22, 2013 1:42 AM, "Chandra Maharzan" <maharzan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am sure it is.. I just randomly cross checked 5-6 of his themes,
> comparing some files. The URL he has even doesn't have WordPress anywhere.
> Just sharing so it might help save some time when you check, really not
> worth it I guess.
>
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I noticed that when Themes were submitted. An SEO site. Please let
>> me handle that when I find appropriate. Also note that we are screening
>> junk frequently, but we must be 110% certain that this is the true nature.
>> On May 22, 2013 1:33 AM, "Chandra Maharzan" <maharzan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi reviewers,
>>>
>>> Just saw a user called SoizaStudios had posted about 90 themes. I bet
>>> you already know it. They all have same file structure with same theme
>>> code, even same version number, just different theme names and slight
>>> changes in style.css. Screenshot looks same with slight background changes
>>> (same slider, social icons, etc).
>>>
>>> The code doesn't follow the guidelines and this is clearly a work of a
>>> spammer. Do we ban these kinds of users? The proper way would be to create
>>> a theme and then child themes but its clear that submitting 90 themes is
>>> simply trying to get a backlink.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chandra
>>>
>>>
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