[theme-reviewers] Theme Names

[Chip Bennett]

I agree. The entire point is that if developers take the time to come up
with unique, creative names, they have less likelihood of running into
Themes with similar names. It should not be the job of the Theme Review
Team to cover for the mistake/lack of creativity in submitting a Theme with
a commonplace term in, or as, the Theme name.


On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Stephen Cui <scui2005 at gmail.com> wrote:

> There will be themes failed this guideline. FYI Passion is my latest
> theme. Obviously we did not copy each other as both are under review.
>
> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19146 (My Passion)
> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19233 (Passion)
>
> I believe not policing name is good decision. Otherwise, we will have all
> kind of subjective discussion. In the end, the goal is to provide user
> quality themes. I am more concerned about the quality and design. There are
> too many clones in the theme directory.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>
>>
>>    - No similar names (as in Theme Name vs My Theme Name)
>>
>> That takes care of everything. No need to brainstorm too much.
>>
>> First-come, first-served basis and we're done :)
>>
>> At the same time we won't second guess anything, confuse authors or users!
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> not with retrospective effect ofcourse.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:12 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>>>>>>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>>>>>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>>>>>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>>>>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>>>>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>>>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>>>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> theme-reviewers mailing list
> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/attachments/20140626/95b690ca/attachment-0001.html>