[theme-reviewers] Safeguards

[Srikanth Koneru]

Couple of tickets up/down is no issue for me at all. I am talking about a
brand new theme reviewed/approved in 2 days, making mockery of people
waiting in queue for 2 months.
And to top it, it happens often.

Opened 8 days ago, approved 6 days ago. Usual wait time 2 months.
http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11081

also approved within couple of days, usual wait time 1-2 months
http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9862

also approved within couple of days, usual wait time 1 month.
http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9191




On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think the safeguard would be the fact that it's first, unethical, and
> second even if they're not ethical, they'd get caught eventually and both
> be banned. So, I can't see many taking such a big risk for such a small
> gain.
>
> But, that's not necessarily saying one friend reviewing another's theme is
> immediately unethical considering most of these people actually know each
> other in real life and run in the same circles anyways. I'm sure friends
> have reviewed friends themes before without bias, in proper queue order and
> everything was just peachy.
>
> But, if someone was caught displaying ridiculous favoritism I'm sure
> they'd get warning, then the ban-hammer and ousted here and elsewhere very
> quickly.
>
> I should add things can fall through the cracks, because, as Otto and Chip
> have pointed out many times, the system kind of sucks and is out-dated.
> I've been first in queue or had my theme approved first, but see others get
> reviewed or pushed live before me even though they came after me all the
> time. I don't think it's a conspiracy, they're just different reviewers for
> different themes and first come, first serve I've learned is followed
> loosely. There's just a lot of different people with different skill sets
> volunteering and doing what they can in different areas.
>
> When I first joined and was reviewing themes there were themes that I
> skipped in the queue because it seemed apparent that other reviewers knew
> theme more intimately and I thought the theme author would be better served
> by waiting for the more knowledgeable reviewer that had helped them all the
> times before.
>
> Sometimes, some reviewers don't want to review a theme cause they're
> confused by it and sometimes reviewers will stick to certain themes
> exclusively just because they were the first to review it and followed it
> ever since, maybe they even have a rapport with the theme author, which is
> fine. I think massively popular themes that are updated at least once a day
> and have huge user-bases that are depending on those updates probably get a
> little extra attention.
>
> I think all these things are fair and natural, but if it was totally
> egregious like a brand new submitted theme was reviewed even within a week
> as apposed to the current 2 month wait like everyone else, I think we'd all
> have a problem with that. Anyways, it's all volunteer-based so a little
> slack should always be given I think, no one is perfect. Anyways, are we
> just having a speculatory discussion or do you have more serious concerns?
>
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