<div dir="ltr"><div>Although clearly the workflow still needs working out, is there somebody who can make the following change to the Theme Review guidelines on Accessibility:<br><br>==============<br><br></div><div>Edit: <br>
<br>Submitted themes (or theme updates) that contain the tag accessibility-ready will undergo an independent, accessibility review after they have been approved for inclusion in the Theme Repository.<br><br>To:<br><br>Submitted themes (or theme updates) that contain the tag accessibility-ready must undergo an accessibility review to check for conformance with these guidelines. Themes can either choose to make changes to meet the accessibility guidelines or remove the tag.<br>
<br>==============<br><br>It just needs to be clear that the accessibility review is part of the theme review process, rather than a post-facto operation, so that themes are not approved with the accessibility-ready tag without undergoing a review.<br>
<br>Best,<br>Joe</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Joe Dolson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:design@joedolson.com" target="_blank">design@joedolson.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Yes, exactly. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-Joe<br>
</font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:07 PM, 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"><div>On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Joe Dolson <<a href="mailto:design@joedolson.com" target="_blank">design@joedolson.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I think Esmi's point is very valid - if a theme is stuck because of a tardy<br>
> accessibility review, there's no reason it couldn't drop the tag, be<br>
> approved, and come back for that stage in a later version.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>That would be a rather major change to the system. We can't "drop the tag".<br>
<br>
Once a theme is submitted, that's it. It cannot be changed, at all.<br>
The only way to change anything is to bump the version number and<br>
submit it again.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
-Otto<br>
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