[theme-reviewers] Tuesday's meeting

Tue Sep 2 23:22:56 UTC 2014

Sure I am also up for it, also @samuelsidler offered to make the code
changes in case Otto is busy.

On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 4:46 AM, Tammie Lister <karmatosed at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes I am up for it. Thanks for the opportunity.
>
> Tammie
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 3, 2014, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>
>> Progress... Srikanth, Tammie, Jose, are you up for it?
>>
>> If so the next step would be to ask Otto to help us out (time permitting
>> of course).
>> Your role is to go over approved themes and mark them live.
>>
>> Sounds good?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> so any progress ?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The role contains the option to mark themes live, along with what
>>>> reviewer already does and is able to do.
>>>>
>>>> Think of it as the add-on.
>>>>
>>>> No need to make any restrictions or speculate conflict :)
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, August 29, 2014, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Not sure what conflict with WordPress.org you are talking about but
>>>>> the conflict I had in mind is this :
>>>>> Themeshop owner/employee has his/their themes in new/updated list and
>>>>> they may delay the next push as long as possible to get as much exposure of
>>>>> being on theme directory as possible, even if he is genuinely busy, others
>>>>> may interpret it that way.
>>>>>
>>>>> So in my opinion neutral person should be first preference, just an
>>>>> opinion.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Philip Arthur Moore <
>>>>> philip at pressbuild.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If you find a completely neutral, unbiased, amazing theme reviewer
>>>>>> good enough for WordPress.org who does not own a theme shop or make
>>>>>> themes that would in any way "conflict" with WordPress.org, let me
>>>>>> know. I've been looking for unicorns.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> > I guess stepping stone in figurative pyramid comment gave me wrong
>>>>>> idea.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 5:12 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Here's my take on (and original intent for proposing) the role of
>>>>>> "trusted
>>>>>> >> reviewer": they are reviewers who are experienced enough, and who
>>>>>> perform
>>>>>> >> thorough and complete enough reviews, to be *trusted* to push
>>>>>> approved
>>>>>> >> themes Live - either directly (in the case of their own tickets) or
>>>>>> >> indirectly (in the case of the admin review queue.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> No more, no less. Not a "path to admin", not a title or
>>>>>> recognition. Just
>>>>>> >> those competent to push themes live.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> It's also not a status symbol or exclusive club. As far as I'm
>>>>>> concerned,
>>>>>> >> it should be something available to every single reviewer.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> The whole point is to facilitate the review process while ensuring
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> >> themes with critical issues don't end up in end users' hands.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> On Aug 28, 2014 5:38 PM, "Jose Castaneda" <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> As some of you are aware, and even attended, our meeting on
>>>>>> tuesday went
>>>>>> >>> good. If you would like to read the logs:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-themes&day=2014-08-26&sort=asc#m106404
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> The basis of the meeting was to define the role of a key/trusted
>>>>>> >>> reviewer. That person will have the ability to push themes live
>>>>>> but not the
>>>>>> >>> ability to assign tickets, sort of a sub-admin type of role. As
>>>>>> Cais
>>>>>> >>> mentioned the key things the admins are looking for are:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> * experience
>>>>>> >>> * community involvement
>>>>>> >>> * high quality reviews
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> He also notes that he, and the other admins, would love more
>>>>>> feedback.
>>>>>> >>> Seriously, I cannot emphasize that part enough, folks. The more
>>>>>> feedback we
>>>>>> >>> provide the better we are as a team. It can't all be one sided. I
>>>>>> know there
>>>>>> >>> have been a few that speak up from time to time and some that
>>>>>> hold back.
>>>>>> >>> This is your time to have your voice heard and make an impact on
>>>>>> not just
>>>>>> >>> our team but the entire WordPress project because of this.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> What other things do you want to add to the list of criteria?
>>>>>> >>>
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