<div dir="ltr">This.<div><br></div><div style>The Guidelines - i.e. the things that are *required* - are in one place only: the Theme Review Codex page:</div><div style><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review">http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review</a><br>
</div><div style><br></div><div style>The Make/Themes site is used to discuss the guidelines; if anything is formalized, it will be added to the Codex page. There are things that we occasionally miss, so if you have any specific Guidelines that were decided on the Make/Themes site, but not added to the Codex, please bring them up, and we'll make sure the Codex is accurate.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Thanks,</div><div style><br></div><div style>Chip</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Amy Hendrix <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sabreuse@gmail.com" target="_blank">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">If that's a common occurrence (and I haven't been reviewing enough<br>
lately to know how common it really is), then that's a MAJOR problem.<br>
The Make site is where changes to the guidelines are *discussed*, but<br>
it's the nature of such discussions that not all points that are<br>
discussed are actually adopted as guidelines.<br>
<br>
To put it bluntly, reviewers, please DO NOT say things are required if<br>
they aren't actually required in the Review Guidelines. Passing the<br>
review process is difficult already; we absolutely need to have a<br>
clear and consistently enforced set of guidelines. There are enough<br>
complaints out there that the guidelines are arbitrary and constantly<br>
changing without people saying things are required when they're not.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Srikanth Koneru <<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com">tskk79@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> can't recall any instantly, but reviewers usually point to make site and<br>
> state that its a required issue even tough its not mentioned on org<br>
> guidelines.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:56 AM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> What policies, specifically?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Srikanth Koneru <<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com">tskk79@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> A few policies are formulated on make site but they don't make it to<br>
>>> guidelines on .org<br>
>>> so these policies are only recommended then?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:53 AM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Yes. At the moment, the Coding and CSS standards are only *recommended*.<br>
>>>> Making them *required* may be a bridge we cross at some point, but we're not<br>
>>>> there right now.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Emil Uzelac <<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me">emil@uzelac.me</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> If this does not cause any issues, I would say recommended.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Emil<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Stephen Cui <<a href="mailto:scui2005@gmail.com">scui2005@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Hi,<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> During the theme review, my theme has a "required issue" for next<br>
>>>>>> version:<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> There are inconsistency in spacing around parenthesis throughout the<br>
>>>>>> theme. Recommend to read the WordPress? PHP coding standards.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/coding-standards/php/#space-usage" target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/coding-standards/php/#space-usage</a><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> I have no problem to make such changes as it is good practice. I also<br>
>>>>>> take the chance to revisit the code.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> My question is " is it required?" or "just recommended".<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Regards<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Stephen<br>
>>>>>><br>
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