[theme-reviewers] Themes approval process is really slow

[Bilal Ahmad]

Greg,
How someone would be 'generating an income out of distributing free themes'
?


On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Greg Priday <greg at siteorigin.com> wrote:

> I've mentioned it before - I think a paid review system would work
> wonders. The new theme review queue is approaching one month long now,
> that's just far too long.
>
> Another option is for everyone who is generating an income out of
> distributing free themes, to pool our resources and hire at least one
> full-time reviewer. Are any of the commercial-up-sellers out there
> keen on this idea?
>
> In the mean time I'll just contribute some time. Could someone assign
> a test theme to me? My username is gpriday
>
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
> > Done, you should receive a notification which Theme.
> >
> > Emil
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Bryce Adams <brycead at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On that note.. I've been waiting to do a sample review for a couple
> weeks
> >> now but no-one has assigned me :( ... my wp username is bryceadams123
> ...
> >> could I please have one? Thank you
> >>
> >>
> >> On 06/07/2012, at 3:22 PM, Emil Uzelac wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> There's no automation, all Themes must be reviewed by a living person :)
> >> We always need more people, but not many of them are willing to do this
> for
> >> a longer period of time, or free if I may add.
> >>
> >> Reviewers come and go and we cannot do anything about that. I know only
> >> hand full of people that are around since 2010 and it's extremely hard
> to
> >> find person to stick that long.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Emil
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Bilal Ahmad <bilalahmad24 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Emil,
> >>> Thanks for the quick response, always. And yes, I understand that the
> >>> reviewers are  volunteer too, but I just meant that since its a regular
> >>> process may be this can be improved, eg. ask for more volunteers to
> join, or
> >>> make the process more automated etc. Thanks for the link, I'm going to
> check
> >>> that in details.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Absolutely! Please join the group
> >>>> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/about/how-to-join-wptrt/ and start
> >>>> "cranking" down the Themes, very simple stuff. When you mention free,
> please
> >>>> make a note that all reviewers are doing this for free, every one of
> us here
> >>>> is a volunteer :)
> >>>>
> >>>> Emil
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Bilal Ahmad <bilalahmad24 at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Are you guys thinking about making the themes approval process
> faster ?
> >>>>> As you can see that the themes are pending from last 6 weeks. IMHO,
> its
> >>>>> really not encourging for the developers who spend so much time to
> develop a
> >>>>> theme and make it free.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Just my 2 cents.
> >>>>>
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