[theme-reviewers] Need Clarification on theme name which is fine as per the guideline and as per the other theme names !

[Srikanth Koneru]

Chip, the guideline I am talking about is filed under "Theme Name" heading
and not under "Credit Links"

"Themes are *not* to use Theme author/developer credit text in their name.
For example *AwesomeSauce by John Q. Developer* (makes for a much better
credit link); or, SEO/SPAM-seeded text, such as: *AwesomeSauce by Awesome
Free WP Themes*."

It says theme name should not use seo text or spam text in theme name.

My intention is not to antagonize admins, just want to know when does it
get spammy and what definition of spam is for you.
You know, put a definition so in future we won't have these
misunderstandings.


On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> The Guidelines say that *credit links* should not have SEO keywords.
>
> There's a big difference. The point of the guideline is to avoid
> *stuffing* the credit link with words *other* than the Theme name. Using
> the Theme name as the credit link is the requirement, and using the Theme
> name as the credit link would never inherently fall under "SEO seeding".
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Otto, you are agreeing "premium photography" is a bad SEO attempt, but
>> that guideline says names should not have SEO keywords.
>> So tomorrow is someone submits "premium responsive photography" is that
>> acceptable? When does it become spam? Just curious.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:24 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm going to make this real, real simple.
>>>
>>> First off, I don't understand why this is even an argument. "Premium
>>> Photography" strikes me as a perfectly acceptable name. Not spammy even a
>>> little bit.
>>>
>>> That said, if theme names being submitted do get to a point of actually
>>> being "spammy", then I'll simply put a stop to it... with great prejudice.
>>> I don't use override authority often, but any actual spam found *will be
>>> stopped*.
>>>
>>> We don't allow spam on WordPress.org, and that's a flat rule that is
>>> well above and beyond any of the theme-review team's decision. We know spam
>>> and abuse when we see it, regardless of definitions decided by anybody
>>> else's guidelines. We hate spam, and will not abide its presence on the
>>> site.
>>>
>>> My suggestion would be to choose names for names and not for any form of
>>> SEO text. Names are not keywords nor search terms, they're names. Names
>>> should be unique. From that perspective, "Premium Photography" is a
>>> terrible name. It is neither descriptive nor, in fact, a "name". It doesn't
>>> lend itself well to discussion or to searching based on its unique
>>> identity. It's a *bad* SEO attempt, frankly. But it's not quite "spam".
>>>
>>> -Otto
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chip, is there any chance that you can bring the discussion over to
>>>> the mailing list and allow others to have a say? I know that the OP
>>>> wants it admin only but I feel that anyone should be able to have
>>>> their say, as long as it respectful.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Daniel Fenn
>>>>
>>>>
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