In reply to Anh Tran.
Unfortunately, just like everything, there will always be at least one person who wrecks things for everyone. I have seen a lot of abuse of the TA program, and it’s unfortunate.

Overall, there is still rampant abuse even in the normal process; perhaps (as much as I hate to say this), only allow theme/dashboard linking (1 link) to an author’s theme setup docs–no upsells or marketing. Maybe cutting the abuse of marketing (incl. dropping the popular list) will ease the theme queue.