I like it!<div><br></div><div>(This may even make a good replacement for our erstwhile WPTRT monthly IRC meetings.)</div><div><br></div><div>I'll write something up on the Make Themes site, and get the word out!</div><div>
<br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Amy Hendrix <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sabreuse@gmail.com">sabreuse@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I really like Nitin's* idea of a theme review meetup, and I wanted to<br>
pull it out into its own thread and propose that we start as soon as<br>
possible, using the existing IRC channel #wordpress-themes in order to<br>
simplify the logistics as much as possible.<br>
<br>
I'm not in any position to make this an official meeting of any kind,<br>
but there's no reason on earth that we can't just get together and do<br>
it!<br>
<br>
The model I have in mind is <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Bug_Hunts" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Bug_Hunts</a><br>
<br>
* This isn't a meeting with an agenda: it's a group work day. Drop in<br>
for as long as you're available, and get as many reviews done as you<br>
can during that time.<br>
* The goal is to crunch through as much of the queue as possible while<br>
helping and learning from our peers.<br>
* All reviewers, however new or experienced, can bring questions about<br>
how to handle particular issues. Absolutely no penalties for admitting<br>
you're stuck ;)<br>
* Themers, you're welcome to join in the discussion, try your hand at<br>
reviewing, or just lurk and learn the process. However, please *don't*<br>
use this time to ask about when your own theme will be done -- we're<br>
taking everything in queue order, and we'd most likely just encourage<br>
you to sign on to review a few themes.<br>
* For new or potential reviewers, more experienced people will try to<br>
help out as much as we can with getting started, working with trac,<br>
setting up your test environment and the like.<br>
<br>
I'd love to get this going as quickly as possible in order to capture<br>
some of the energy that's come out of these discussions lately. For<br>
that reason, I will be in IRC tomorrow at 1700UTC/Noon US Eastern, and<br>
I'd love it if we can get as many people as we can to join in, even if<br>
it's only for a short time -- if this turns into a regular thing, we'd<br>
obviously want to work out a good way to schedule and make<br>
announcements a bit further in advance.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
* Apologies if I've got the credit wrong -- I discovered this morning<br>
that half the list mail was going to my spam folder, so I've been<br>
following parts of the discussion completely out of order.<br>
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