[theme-reviewers] Theme naming feedback

[Chip Bennett]

My personal take is that, while we have valid reason to prohibit use of
terms like "WordPress", "Theme", "Twenty {Year}", etc., we should otherwise
be as open as possible regarding Theme Name terms. If a developer want to
use a common term, then the developer assumes all risk associated with use
of that term.

So, if someone names a Theme "Marketing Term du Jour", and someone else
names their Theme, "Blue Marketing Term du Jour": not our problem. They're
distinct Themes in the directory; SVN sees them as distinct Themes. We
(WPTRT) don't care otherwise.

Just my opinion...


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> You can use the name "Cobalt", if desired. We can't be quite that
> restrictive on naming because otherwise we'd run out of names
> eventually.
>
> Still, whether you want to use that name is up to you. Renaming things
> before release is easy.
> -Otto
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Zulfikar Nore <zulfikarnore at live.com>
> wrote:
> > I've just complete my latest theme: http://www.wpstrapcode.com/cobalt/
> > I know I should have checked the repo first before adopting the name.
> > http://wordpress.org/themes/cobalt-blue
> >
> > My question is given there are a few themes in the repo with similar
> names
> > i.e Alpha + : http://wordpress.org/themes/search.php?q=Alpha am I OK to
> > go ahead with the name I've chosen or will that be a No No?
> >
> > The only other issue I can see is the global prefix of cobalt but this
> > shouldn't have
> > any issue unless there's a plugin with the same prefix.
> >
> > Your views please :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Zulf
> >
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