[theme-reviewers] Introduction+

[Edward Caissie]

This point by Dave sums up quite a bit:

... And it was like jumping into the middle of a busy highway. The signal to
> noise ratio has been way out of whack and I have very seriously contemplated
> jumping right back out of the flow of traffic. I am willing to stick it out
> for a little bit, because I love WP so much.
>

Admittedly I am not the greatest mailing list user ... just realized "Reply
All" is a good function to remember to use ... but, I do hear my feelings
being echoed in that paragraph above.


Cais.

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Dave Grossman <dave at 943productions.com>wrote:

> Joseph et al,
> I am a designer, developer, consultant, configurator, modifier, tweaker and
> outspoken advocate of WordPress. I have been so since the 1.2 release (which
> I believe was Mingus). I have been waiting for an opportunity to contribute
> to the project that I love. As soon as the Theme Review announcement went
> out, I jumped on the list.
>
> And it was like jumping into the middle of a busy highway. The signal to
> noise ratio has been way out of whack and I have very seriously contemplated
> jumping right back out of the flow of traffic. I am willing to stick it out
> for a little bit, because I love WP so much.
>
> Although I expect that there is a glut of themes to be reviewed (a great
> problem to have) it seems quite obvious that to get to the point where we
> can do that properly, we need to first refine and improve the Theme Review
> process. There have been some tools mentioned that might help in this
> process. I would suggest that before we look for a technical solution, we
> clearly understand the challenge, develop a process for meeting that
> challenge and then look for (or develop) a tool to manage the process.
>
> I submit my understanding of the challenge as a framework for modification
> and expansion by the group:
>
> REVIEW CYCLE
>
>    1. theme is submitted
>    2. basic automated verification process completed
>    3. theme added to review cue
>    4. theme assigned or review team alerted
>    5. theme tested against testing standards
>    6. theme status input into system and published if theme meets testing
>    standards
>    7. theme submitter alerted with information of status and any required
>    modifications
>    8. themes requiring modification are resubmitted and cycle continues at
>    #2 above
>
>
> When we get to the point where the theme review process is up and running
> effectively, I would love to focus on BuddyPress and Network-enabled
> (formerly WPMU) themes (and plugins when that process launches).
>
> In solidarity,
> Dave
>
> --
>
> Dave "diablo943" Grossman
>
> 943 Productions LLC
>
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2010, at 9:59 AM, chip at chipbennett.net wrote:
>
> Joseph,
>
> The signal-to-noise level on this mail-list, from utter spam to
> out-of-scope messages (requesting theme support, etc.) is seriously going
> to make this mail-list unusable very quickly.
>
> Is there any way we can get some moderation?
>
> This would seem to be a relatively easy matter to correct, as join
> requests for the mail-list must be approved. It would seem that too many
> such join requests are getting approved.
>
> Perhaps you should have people interested in helping with *reviewing
> themes* contact you before requesting to join the mail-list, and only
> approve join requests from people who have contacted you beforehand?
>
> And similarly: can we stop forwarding themes at wordpress.org to this mail
> list? I have yet to see a single, non-spam come through from that email
> address.
>
> Let's cut down on the clutter, so we can get back to our intended work,
> shall we?
>
> (And on that note: I'd be happy to start my next theme review!)
>
> Chip
>
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