[theme-reviewers] Latest Featured Themes, seriously?

[Emil Uzelac]

Nothing is safe or set :)

We have zero regulations at the moment and whatever was chosen this time
around was strictly because they look good. Nothing more, nothing less.

Last month we featured Themes based on _s. There you go, we switch things
around.



On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Emil, for the clarification. Current batch is well designed.
> Is it safe to assume upsell themes are not prohibited from featured list,
> now that an upsell theme has been featured?
>
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> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Amy Schneider <amy.schneider15 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> How do I remove myself from this list. Please remove my name.
>>
>> Amy Schneider
>>
>>
>>   On Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:03 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Earlier today you guys said how Jen mentioned that we cannot feature the
>> same Theme every month, right?
>>
>> We are not Theme Forest and don't have so many Themes to chose from.
>>
>> No Theme was chosen because of their background or who they are.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I hope themes are not featured based on wptavern's coverage, they don't
>> cover any of mine :(
>> Yes, I think criteria should be disclosed since this is an open
>> community, even tough admins are short on time.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I agree some of them are well designed, there a lot of well designed
>> themes on WordPress.org.
>>
>> From my understanding, the contest was ended because they weren’t happy
>> with theme shops being promoted. All the themes last month were not
>> commercial theme companies.
>>
>> This month the new list is nothing but upsell themes and themes from
>> developers that are friends of Automattic / Audrey Capital. Many of which
>> are companies or developers that had not previously contributed to
>> WordPress.org.
>>
>> While I’m happy to see better designs on .org, I want to know what the
>> criteria for being featured is now? Or at least an explanation of what the
>> process is now?
>>
>> I think we all have a reasonable expectation to know what determines if
>> your theme is put in front of actual users. What is and is not allowed, etc.
>>
>>  --Trent Lapinski
>> =============
>> CEO of CyberChimps Inc.
>> http://CyberChimps.com
>> Twitter @trentlapinski
>> Skype: mobiletrent
>>
>> On May 29, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> All new featured themes look very well designed.
>> Important thing is they are being rotated monthly, which encourages me to
>> create some very nice designs myself.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Is anyone else disappointed to see that the theme review contest was
>> ended for a list of commercial theme shops with close ties to Automattic,
>> personal friends, and employees of Audrey Capital (Matt Mullenweg’s
>> personal investment company)?
>>
>> The Theme Foundry (one of Automattic’s earliest theme partners), Justin
>> Tadlock (a WordPress.org admin), Sarah Gooding (a blogger for Audrey
>> Capital), TeslaThemes (
>> http://wptavern.com/teslathemes-celebrates-one-year-of-being-in-business),
>> and Themeify (a major commercial theme shops first theme on WordPress.org)
>> were all just gifted featured themes on WordPress.org.
>>
>> So what exactly is the criteria for being featured now?
>>
>>  --Trent Lapinski
>> =============
>> CEO of CyberChimps Inc.
>> http://CyberChimps.com
>> Twitter @trentlapinski
>> Skype: mobiletrent
>>
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