[theme-reviewers] Theme Names

[Chip Bennett]

...which would eliminate about 99% of the Themes in the directory?


On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> no dictionary words?
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Back to my previous question: what would you suggest as the objective,
>> enforceable guideline for Theme names?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Catch Themes <info at catchthemes.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Many of theme shop use common names like Box, Responsive, Awesome and so
>>> on. So, this means we can play with theses name by adding word before or
>>> after.
>>>
>>> Yes Otto, I agree with you that Box is common name and I am just asking
>>> this question so that we are clear about the naming rules. This will help
>>> me in further Theme Reviews as well.
>>>
>>> Thank you all for your reply. I hope we will have clear guideline in
>>> this soon.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Catch Themes <info at catchthemes.com>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's the matter of choices of theme name and manipulation. I feel The
>>>>> Box is so much manipulating Catch Box name.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you can definitively show that to be true, then you have a point,
>>>> however, I don't see what your evidence for this could possibly be.
>>>>
>>>> If you're reacting based just on the similarity of the name, then I
>>>> have to point out that "Box" is a pretty normal and commonplace English
>>>> word, popular even in movies: http://youtu.be/0cmqwbZa6_w
>>>>
>>>> So, other than the name being similar, how is it "manipulating"
>>>> anything? Is it using the same code? Is it a derivative of the other Box
>>>> theme? Is there *anything else in common at all* other than the name and
>>>> the fact that they're both, you know, themes?
>>>>
>>>> The name may not be a good choice, but this is not really evidence of
>>>> anything other than both parties lack of creativity in naming things.
>>>>
>>>> -Otto
>>>>
>>>>
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