Add WordPress trademark rules to naming guidance, issue : #152#243
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glacierphonk
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Thanks for the contribution @lai95 — content looks good and matches what #152 asked for. Two things to fix before this can merge:
- Lint failure (MD007): The list items on
anti-patterns.mdlines 37-38 have 1-space indent — remove the leading space so they start at column 0. You can verify locally withmarkdownlint-cli2 '**/*.md' - Missing link: The "Check:" line in
availability.mdshould be a hyperlink:[WordPress Trademark Policy](https://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/)
Minor note: check that the email in your git config (git config user.email) matches one of the emails listed at https://github.com/settings/emails — if it doesn't, update it before pushing the fixes so you get contributor credit after merge.
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Greetings, I fixed the spaces and added the hyperlink. Also checked my emails, and they match! |
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Thanks for the quick fix @lai95 — hyperlink and list formatting in availability.md look good now. Three small things left in anti-patterns.md before this can merge:
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Leading space on line 36: The
**WordPress Trademark:**line starts with a space (**WordPress...), making it appear indented relative to its own bullet points below. Remove the leading space so it starts at column 0. -
Missing em dash on line 36:
"generic -it can"should be"generic — it can"(em dash—, not a hyphen). The rest of the document uses em dashes consistently. -
Trailing double-spaces on lines 36–37: Two trailing spaces create hard line breaks in markdown. This file uses blank lines between paragraphs instead — remove the trailing spaces for consistency.
All minor — one more push and this is good to go.
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Hey, couldnt see a visible difference by removing the double spaces. |
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Looks good — thanks for sticking with the fixes across multiple rounds.
What this changes
Adds a trademark note warning against using "WordPress" inside product names.
This expands the "Boring Descriptive Names" anti-pattern by showing that overly descriptive naming can introduce not only strategic weakness (lack of memorability) but also legal / trademark risk.
Also adds a short WordPress naming restrictions section in the availability guidance to reinforce correct usage patterns such as "[Product Name] for WordPress".
Which files
anti-patterns.md
availability.md
Checklist
Closes #152