[theme-reviewers] Theme Update Review

[Jasper Kips]

So, punishing theme authors....

Jasper Kips,
Always waiting for the ricochet

> Op 30 okt. 2013 om 19:54 heeft Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> If Otto/Nacin can lock down #2/#3/#4 till #1 is empty, that may work too.
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>> I would hate to have to put a stipulation on the review incentive, along the lines of requiring that the daily average # of Themes in Priority #1 queue must be less than the daily average # of Themes in the Priority #3/4 queues, but if Priority #1 keeps getting bypassed, we may have to go that route.
>> 
>> As much as I would love to add a second incentive to the Priority #1 queue, it shouldn't be *required* to do so, just to ensure that reviewers adhere to the ticket prioritization.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>> #1 Priority should always be prioritized and that's something we have been
>>> preaching for awhile now. 
>>> 
>>> At the same time once assigned it should be reviewed asap, not tomorrow, 
>>> not within 7 days.
>>> 
>>> The past few #1 assignments might be new reviewers, however they're 
>>> experienced themers and as far as I know we do not assign #1 to newbies.
>>> 
>>> System is not broken and we just need to give some time, that's all :)
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Bruce Wampler <weavertheme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> It turns out the reviewer did not have his notifications set properly, and didn't even know he had been assigned the theme.
>>>> 
>>>> And I was not talking about standard theme reviews - but reviews for Priority 1 themes. As I noted, these often contain important bug fixes (although that should probably be pointed out when the theme is submitted), and I didn't think Priority 1 themes were supposed to get the same treatment as the rest of the themes in the queue. That is why Priority 1 was created.
>>>> 
>>>> And at one point, I thought only experienced reviewers were supposed to handle Priority 1 themes - there was a big push not that long ago to try to get Priority 1 themes pushed through. But it seems now that with all the incentives, the new themes are getting pushed through faster than existing themes that are simply updating.
>>>> 
>>>> I think this need fixing. I understand everyone is a volunteer, but all the previous efforts for the Priority 1 themes seems to be broken now:
>>>> 
>>>> 1. Apparently new reviewers are now getting assigned Priority 1 themes. In at least my case, this led to a several days delay because the new reviewer was not yet totally familiar with the process.
>>>> 
>>>> 2. But Priority 1 reviews are now the slowest to get reviews. New themes seem to be flowing smoothly through the process faster than existing themes.
>>>> 
>>>> 3. Maybe there needs to be a mechanism for indicating critical bug updates. It happens, and what is now about a two week turnaround for a theme update seems too long - especially given new themes are getting through faster.
>>>> 
>>>> I appreciate everyone's effort - and I'm perfectly happy to wait my turn. It just seems that things are broken for Priority 1 themes.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Christine Rondeau <christine at bluelimemedia.com> wrote:
>>>>> That's happened to me before as well. Once someone takes your site and reviews it, doesn't mean they will do it in a day. I once had to wait for a week for someone to complete the review. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think that's normal, we all have things to do. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Christine Rondeau
>>>>> Bluelime Media
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