[theme-reviewers] Theme Names

FasterThemes support at fasterthemes.com
Sun Jul 20 17:30:08 UTC 2014 

>
> Mate, I donot want to continue this debate hence resting my case here.
> FYI, We all honour the theme naming conventions at WordPress. Org and will
> change theme names if there is a guide line issued by the management of
> WordPress. Org at any point of time.
> If these things were mentioned in the naming conventions then I would have
> never started debating here.
>
> Blessings.  :)
>


> On 20 Jul 2014 21:28, "Srikanth Koneru" <tskk79 at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tskk79 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> 1) I am only bothered because wordpress.org domain authority in Google
>> is being abused, I don't care about other domains, their owners can worry
>> about them.
>>
>> 2) Better late than never
>>
>> 3) I don't see how fasterthemes and themealley domains are spammy or how
>> they are related to this discussion.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 8:14 PM, FasterThemes <support at fasterthemes.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','support at fasterthemes.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Why are you so much bothered about this mate ? If some XYZ theme for
>>> this keyword comes in top rank for this keyword then you don't have any
>>> issues but if wordpress.org themes come, it seems spammy.
>>>
>>> If you are raising voice then you should have done that earlier because
>>> you joined the community approx 1 year ago and in this period there are
>>> tens of themes which were contributed keeping SEO names in mind.
>>> You should have convinced the admins to put a system for *theme name*
>>> check.
>>>
>>> As per your logic, the username like fasterthemes and themealley are
>>> also spammy because they contain THEME in the names ?
>>>
>>> Sorry but very strange logic , my friend !
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tskk79 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ofcourse you don't agree, "Premium Photography Theme" is a great
>>>> keyword and your theme www.wordpress.org/themes/premium-photography/
>>>> will rank #1 or #2
>>>>
>>>> one look at the url name www.wordpress.org/themes/premium-photography/
>>>> and anyone can see how spammy it looks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 6:09 PM, FasterThemes <support at fasterthemes.com
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','support at fasterthemes.com');>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mate.
>>>>> I don't agree to you here.
>>>>> People should be free to use Any theme name of their choice if it
>>>>> doesn't violate any copyright issues.
>>>>> For e.g. Responsive is a theme with MAX downloads. One of the reason
>>>>> is that it comes in top 3 for RESPONSIVE WORDPRESS THEMES in Google.
>>>>> I don't think the first  theme author (Emil) didn't break any rule giving
>>>>> it this name.
>>>>> He was smart enough to choose a name earlier than all of us.
>>>>> We shouldn't bother about theme names until they breach any copyright
>>>>> issues.
>>>>> As far as using WordPress.ORG's domain authority is concerned, we all
>>>>> are part of it and we are contributing to its growth hence there shouldn't
>>>>> be any issues using it. In Contrast, I think we all should use easy to
>>>>> remember theme names which make sense :)
>>>>> Feel free to share your thoughts in this. :)
>>>>> P.S. No offense meant to anyone :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tskk79 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If you take a look at https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/report/4 you
>>>>>> will notice that the keyword name menace(premium photography, win8 metro
>>>>>> style, the magazine, bootstrap-on, sans-serif, mobile first, design
>>>>>> furniture) is growing and its purpose is to abuse the domain authority of
>>>>>> wordpress.org in Google, one remedy is to ask those theme authors to
>>>>>> remove all branding, credit link and pro upgrade links, that will certainly
>>>>>> demotivate such tactics.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This can be applied to already live themes too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Peter Kakoma <kakomap at gmail.com
>>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kakomap at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hehehe. Good points. Agreed
>>>>>>> On 27 Jun 2014 17:20, "Chip Bennett" <chip at chipbennett.net
>>>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','chip at chipbennett.net');>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are some huge differences:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1) Apple owns the entire App store
>>>>>>>> 2) Apple has an army of paid staffers to enforce their guidelines
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WPORG does not own the sole distribution means for Themes, and I
>>>>>>>> would prefer that the limited time available to the reviewers enforcing the
>>>>>>>> Guidelines be spent on things far more important/beneficial than conducting
>>>>>>>> Google searches of Theme names.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Peter Kakoma <kakomap at gmail.com
>>>>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kakomap at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I do largely agree with all that's been said, particularly what
>>>>>>>>> Chip, Emil & Bryan said. However, allow me to throw a spanner in the works.
>>>>>>>>> This isn't a new issue so we wouldn't have to re-invent the wheel.
>>>>>>>>> The Apple store has some guidelines and so does the Google Play store (and
>>>>>>>>> basically all stores that accept stuff from developers)
>>>>>>>>> To quote the play store guidelines: (edited to leave the bit that
>>>>>>>>> matters the most here)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Impersonation or Deceptive Behavior:* Apps must not have names
>>>>>>>>> or icons that appear confusingly similar to existing products, or to apps
>>>>>>>>> supplied with the device
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Checking if a name has been used before is a simple Google search;
>>>>>>>>> takes no more than 1 minutes I think.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=box+site:wordpress.org%2Fthemes
>>>>>>>>> One basically prefixes the search term with
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *site:wordpress.org/themes <http://wordpress.org/themes> *
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 4:49 AM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bhadaway at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Here's what I replied with to the other discussion (didn't
>>>>>>>>>> realize there was a bigger one at hand):
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "I agree, it's theme developer's responsibility to not infringe
>>>>>>>>>> on trademarks and trademark holder's responsibility to protect their
>>>>>>>>>> trademarks, but impossible for the theme review team (except for in
>>>>>>>>>> extremely obvious cases) to check for or inform of possible trademark
>>>>>>>>>> issues."
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That's the only logical solution. In other words, in the rare
>>>>>>>>>> event that this issue comes up, I'm sure it will be dealt with by the
>>>>>>>>>> parties involved or brought to WordPress directly to have the infringing
>>>>>>>>>> content removed. But, having the team go as far as to Google the theme name
>>>>>>>>>> to see if it's already been used or check against the USPTO would be
>>>>>>>>>> insane, that's the theme developer's due diligence to make sure their
>>>>>>>>>> theme/product names are unique and original, as in not taken.
>>>>>>>>>>
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