I agree with the idea you are putting forward, Bruce, I just question if the theme authors will actually read and follow it's suggestions.<br><br>Some reviewers choose to be more in-depth than others on themes that ultimately will not be accepted into the repository in their current submitted version.<br>
<br>It is still my personal belief that at all times the burden is primarily the developer's, the theme reviewers are one of the last steps in the process.<br><br>Unfortunately, it appears many submitters are relying on the theme reviewers to do their testing as many re-submitted themes are only correcting the bare minimum of what was noted on the prior submission.<br>
<br>For that reason alone, although I may list many issues, after a nominal amount of contradictions to the Theme Review process are found I will resolve the submitted version to "not-accepted".<br>Each of my reviews has within the comments note(s) to make use of the resources available for testing by the theme author; and, additional reviews are still required to accept the theme.<br>
<br><br>Cais.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Bruce Wampler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brucewampler@gmail.com">brucewampler@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
While the suggestion indeed is a bit like the "Agree" box, one could also add:<br>
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By this certification, I agree that if my theme fails to meet the basic<br>
requirements, it will be rejected by the reviewers with no additional<br>
review.<br>
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As per some earlier discussions, at least some reviewers continue with<br>
a somewhat more in depth review even if a theme fails the basics,<br>
such a clause would make it possible to reject faster without<br>
the need to spend more time. It would just be good to lift some<br>
of the burden from the reviewers and put it back on the developer.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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