<div dir="ltr"><div>Not possible for an individual to compete against the might of theme shops. They can have 4 guys reviewing 4 themes simultaneously.<br></div>Was this vote admin only vote? don't recall it on the list.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.caissie@gmail.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">I was originally out-voted on not allowing "theme shops" have one account for all of their employees to use as I was concerned it would create an "unfair advantage" for them to choose a Featured Theme (and why wouldn't they choose their own?) so there is not much more I can add to this conversation except to say I agree for the most part with Otto's responses.</div>
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</font></span><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div>Edward Caissie<br>aka Cais.</div></font></span><div><div class="h5">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">philip@frumph.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Could always have the random themes that display be pulled by date as well,
max 1 year since last update sort of thing.</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="jomcastaneda@gmail.com" href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com" target="_blank">Jose Castaneda</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 29, 2014 11:14 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">Discussion list for WordPress
theme reviewers.</a> </div><div><div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [theme-reviewers] Question: Someone Want to Take
Benefit From a'Top Reviewer of the Month'.</div></div></div></div></div>
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<div>I think the issue that arose was exploiting the system by reviewing that
persons theme regardless of position in the queue of tickets.</div>
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<div>At least that is my take. I received a similar email about two months back.
I never responded, just deleted it. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div>
<div><br>On Jan 29, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Rohit Tripathi <<a href="mailto:rohitink@live.com" target="_blank">rohitink@live.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
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<div dir="ltr">A Very Good Point raised by Emil.<br><br>
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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:52:26 -0600<br>From: <a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
Subject:
Re: [theme-reviewers] Question: Someone Want to Take Benefit From a 'Top
Reviewer of the Month'.<br><br>
<div dir="ltr">
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I
am with Chip here, paying your employee or employ someone</div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">is
100% the same, no difference whatsoever.</div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The moment we said yes to commercial Theme shops to
have their </div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">people review tickets under a single username, is the
moment we allowed </div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">this very thing as well. Not sure what is the
problem?</div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Every time one of us mentions Featured Themes, entire*
community jumps</div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">on. When we need help, only few of us replies. How
come?</div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2014/01/28/time-for-a-new-team-rep/" target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2014/01/28/time-for-a-new-team-rep/</a> </div>
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<div>On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Srikanth Koneru
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">all 3 options can be manipulated unfortunately, admin choice is
fine but a bit more frequently would be nice.<br></div>
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<div>On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Konrad Sroka
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:konrads@themekraft.com" target="_blank">konrads@themekraft.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Otto +10000 </div>
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<div>Why not get rid of the featured themes sections like it is now and
have a filter for <br></div>
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<div>"most downloaded" and "best rated" </div>
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<div>Maybe add a filter or tag for commercially supported themes, so you
know you can get professional support and stuff like that.. </div>
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<div>Or make a poll on <a href="http://wordpress.org" target="_blank">wordpress.org</a> twice a year and the results are the
"featured" themes </div>
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<div>Cheers, Konrad </div>
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<div>On 29 January 2014 18:25, Rohit Tripathi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rohitink@live.com" target="_blank">rohitink@live.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I am not in favour of switching Featured themes to a Random
Themes Section. Because Many themes in the repository are outdated or
not fully compatible with recent versions of WP.
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<div>+1 for the Redesign of landing Page. </div>
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<div>:)<br><br>
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From: <a href="mailto:zulfikarnore@live.com" target="_blank">zulfikarnore@live.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>Date: Wed, 29
Jan 2014 17:11:33 +0000
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<div><br>Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Question: Someone Want to Take
Benefit From a 'Top Reviewer of the Month'.<br><br>
<div dir="ltr">Part of the original question asked "has this happened to
anyone" (not the exact words) - the answer is yes, not once not twice
but a good few times. Initial response? I responded with not part of my
business plan/working model! Then followed by "mark as junk" and now
that is where (if any) those emails land and deleted without a first
look never mind a second.<br><br>For me the incentive scheme and having
a theme featured for my hard work is only a bonus - true benefit is
derived from learning code as Otto said. The real reward out of it all
will be when one day I create a theme from scratch, submit, have it
reviewed, approved and made live without a single issue being raised -
now that is (will be) the achievement :)<br><br>So,<br><br>1) Should we
be paid to review themes in order to win and get the payer's theme
featured? Certainly Not!<br><br>2) Should commercial theme shops pay
their employees to review for the same end in mind? Weather they get a
theme featured or not they are going to pay their employee regardless.
So that is their prerogative - but should they hire for the sole purpose
of reviewing and getting featured? To me that is no any difference to 1
above and is a No!, but who is going to police it?<br><br>Solution?
Switch the "Featured themes" section to a "Random themes" section and
let the system cycle though all and any theme on a given time period and
everyone is a winner. Easier said than done with over 2000 themes I know
:)<br><br>I second and +1 the call for a redesign of the landing page.
<br><br>
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From: <a href="mailto:christine@bluelimemedia.com" target="_blank">christine@bluelimemedia.com</a><br>Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014
08:02:39 -0800<br>To: <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>Subject: Re:
[theme-reviewers] Question: Someone Want to Take Benefit From a 'Top
Reviewer of the Month'.<br><br>
<div dir="ltr">Awesome, I'll see what I can do. </div>
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<div>On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;PADDING-LEFT:1ex">On
Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Christine Rondeau<br><<a href="mailto:christine@bluelimemedia.com" target="_blank">christine@bluelimemedia.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I
still think that<br>> rethinking the theme landing page with a
better more visual design would be<br>> nice.<br><br>I
wholeheartedly agree. Poke your designer friends. We need a better
design. :)<br>
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