[theme-reviewers] Theme naming feedback

[Chip Bennett]

Well, as Otto has said about other things: often it's a case-by-case matter.

In your example, if "Acitpo Black" is simply "Acitpo", with a changed (i.e.
black) color scheme, then it would be not-approved as a stand-alone Theme,
and would be required to be resubmitted as a Child Theme of Acitpo. And if
it were a Child Theme of Acitpo, under the current guidelines, it would not
be allowed to use the Parent Theme name in its own name (trademark issue).


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If its not generic marketing term then? there is a new there "Acitpo" its
> not generic if someone submits a new theme "Acitpo black" should that be
> allowed?
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
>> 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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