[theme-reviewers] how to make reviewing faster

[Emil Uzelac]

Sorry, I am extremely slow today, many things on my plate :)

Almost 4PM so evening it is.

Emil


On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> He meant day/evening/night part :)
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> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
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>> No need to delete, discussions are always welcomed :)
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>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Bernard Latanowicz <
>> bernard.latanowicz at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>  I see your point.
>>> Maybe 121 reviewed themes in last 7 days is not a bad result.
>>> I believe you tried such idea as mine and maybe you're right. It was
>>> just my idea, so I'd like to thank you for the discussion.
>>> I know many of people don't update themes because of laziness. I've got
>>> too much work and other duties as well. But I know there are plenty of
>>> people with short-lived enthusiasm.
>>>
>>> Have a nice day/evening/night*
>>> Bernard
>>> * delete as appropriate :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> W dniu 2012-12-13 21:48, Emil Uzelac pisze:
>>>
>>> I don't think that we're in position of classifying anyone lazy.
>>>
>>>  What we need is more Themes and leave the updates to their authors.
>>>
>>>  Any Theme that does not get updated over the certain period won't
>>> show in the search anyways and if they're found via Google for
>>> example, this is what user will see<http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/default>
>>> :
>>>
>>>  People contribute for many reasons, but they're not required
>>> to keep Themes up to date no, that is 110% up to them.
>>>
>>>  Not to sound rude or anything and that's not my intention here, but
>>> I have to say that we should get involved here<http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/>first, that's what
>>> will speed up the process for sure and give you better understand
>>> what we're dealing with.
>>>
>>>  And once again, we don't believe in lazy, that's not even in our
>>> dictionary :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Bernard Latanowicz <
>>> bernard.latanowicz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Thanks, Chip and Bryan.
>>>>
>>>> I've beend thinking about it as well.
>>>> But a reviewer with higher priviliges could check the review before
>>>> closing it. The "younger reviewer" will earn points only if the "older
>>>> reviewer" approves his work.
>>>>
>>>> I know some people could say - I'm too lazy to test or I'm too awesome
>>>> for testing, so I screw uploading my awesome theme.
>>>>
>>>> But guys, if WP has lazy developers it will become a huge garbage than
>>>> repository.
>>>> There are a lot of themes and plugins with 1.0 version or which haven't
>>>> been updated for months and years. Plenty of times I noticed bugs on forums
>>>> and guess what. Nothing. Is that what we really want?
>>>>
>>>> Do we need few developers or a lot of fame-wanted lazy people?
>>>>
>>>> Bernard
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>>>> W dniu 2012-12-13 20:50, Bryan Hadaway pisze:
>>>>
>>>>  "Why not to have a rule - if you want to add your theme, first you
>>>> must review one (or more)."
>>>>
>>>> 1. Because theme authors are already contributing work for the
>>>> community. They're *already* donating their time, work and effort for
>>>> free, they should not have to do anything else. This would be like paying
>>>> someone $10 so that you have the privilege of buying them a $5 hamburger,
>>>> just doesn't make sense.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Besides the fact that the community would simply miss out on the
>>>> potential themes from authors who said "Screw that.", of the ones that did
>>>> review, they would likely be one-off, half-assed reviews, just enough to
>>>> get by. I've seen similar methodologies attempted in other review forums,
>>>> "You must review a website before your website can be reviewed." and it's
>>>> just a waste of time quality wise.
>>>>
>>>> Current wait time for review: 2 months
>>>> Wait time for your theme to go live once it's been approved: About a
>>>> week
>>>>
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