Otto, you must have felt bad because of Satish's attack on WPTRT but I feel your following statements is equally irresponsible...<br><div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">the ability for any reviewer to completely disregard any given guideline for a review if they choose to do so.</span></blockquote>
<div> </div><div>This is like leaving it to the jury to make judgement based on their personal choice rather than law & order of the country. </div><div><br></div><div>Otto, we all appreciate yours as well as entire theme review team's contribution but after your last reply, I see that there is no point in continuing with this thread. </div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Okay, let's make this perfectly clear.<br>
<br>
1. No "mechanical" process will ever be used to review themes, for as<br>
long as I have any say in it. Human judgment is a factor, and it will<br>
continue to always be a factor. This includes the ability for any<br>
reviewer to completely disregard any given guideline for a review if<br>
they choose to do so.<br>
<br>
2. Guidelines are *guidelines*, not rules. I have full faith and<br>
credit in the ability of the theme reviewers to review fairly without<br>
confining them to any sort of fixed and arbitrary "standard" set of<br>
rules.<br>
<br>
3. Guidelines do change, and so there will be an ever changing set of<br>
"standards". If you feel that a reviewer is being too harsh or<br>
unbending in their assessment, then it is perfectly acceptable to<br>
bring it up here. However, the manner in which this particular<br>
instance of a review has been brought up is totally unacceptable. In<br>
particular:<br>
<br>
- Accusing reviewers of favoritism or bias is unacceptable, period.<br>
<br>
- Pointing to other themes with a "but they did it!" attitude is<br>
equally unacceptable. Just because one theme "got away" with something<br>
doesn't mean you can do the same.<br>
<br>
- It is perfectly acceptable to comment on that theme's ticket to<br>
suggest changes to future revisions along the same lines, and that is<br>
the way it should be done. Note the two most recent comments on<br>
<a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2927" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2927</a> which point out fixes<br>
that should be made for the next revision of the theme. This is what<br>
should have happened in the first place. ANYBODY can leave comments on<br>
theme review tickets.<br>
<br>
If Satish had simply brought up his problems with a "Have we really<br>
settled on requiring add_theme_page() yet?" question, then this would<br>
have been a one or two email thread instead of 20+ emails of people<br>
bickering at each other.<br>
<br>
Keep it to the point, is what I'm saying. Don't accuse people of<br>
things. Don't go all non-technical. Don't make it personal. Don't be a<br>
jerk. We don't need this sort of thing. We realize it can be<br>
upsetting, but reviewers are human, and pointing out instances that<br>
you feel are unfair can be done without making it personal.<br>
<br>
I hope this satisfactorily concludes this thread. Please, lets keep it<br>
technical. Thanks.<br>
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-Otto<br>
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