WLTC High Ground

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A round of applause for Mark Ghosh of Weblogs Tool Collection for taking a stand against sponsored themes. Before WordCamp all sponsored themes should be removed from themes.wordpress.net.

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  3. I think it’s great that people are getting so involved with the WordPress cmmunity, but I agree, sponsored themes need to go.

    I do feel giving credit to those authors is a good thing, but having 2 or 3 links that are completely unrelated is a bit excessive.

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  4. Indeed, I can only also applaud Mark Gosh (with one h) for pushing through this decision.
    It is good news for all hard working theme authors who said “no” to sponsorlinks!

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  5. It would be great to see sponsored themes removed from themes.wordpress.net, but considering how broken it is at the moment (most downloaded widget is actually least downloaded; sort by download doesn’t work if you are looking for the most downloaded; no response to any support requests) I’m not going to hold my breath on them changing anything soon.

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  11. Hey Matt:

    Just to clarify … You said “should be removed.” Does that mean your want them removed? Or does it mean there’s currently a project underway to actually remove them from the site.

    I think I know the answer, but I wouldn’t want to get it wrong.

    Best – Michael

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  19. I freely admit that a long time ago in my previous lifetime I was guilty of placing sponsored links. But I have been sponsor sober for months now, and am proud to admit that I will never release another theme with a sponsored link in it again. (And this excludes me from the crap that Templates Browser is pulling without my permission)

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  20. Now, please add a few themes from the small group of designers who had already taken a stand against sponsored links (on your previous request) on wp.com to reward those who deserve it and give encouragement to those who need it. 😉

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