[theme-reviewers] Theme and Author URIs

[Melissa Oveson]

Just curious but what's the position on a GitHub repository as the theme uri? I mean if the repository is the theme, is that okay or considered like WordPress.org link and should be replaced quickly?

> On Jan 14, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
> 
> +1
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>> Just a note to all:
>> 
>> Theme and Author URIs should not be URLs on the wordpress.org domain.
>> 
>> This isn't a requirement, and those are fine for temporary usage when
>> an author has no URI of their own to use for the moment. But I would
>> suggest to the author that they use a URI that is under their control.
>> The URI fields do kind of matter in the long run, and they should be
>> on their own domains or otherwise under their own control.
>> 
>> The URIs are the most unique identifier we have for themes or plugins.
>> They mark where a piece of code's "home" is. So if we eventually do
>> use them as a unique identifier, they should be in places controlled
>> by the author. This will help everybody long term.
>> 
>> -Otto
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