[theme-reviewers] Theme Update Review

[Ulrich Pogson]

Could you elaborate Jasper
On 30 Oct 2013 20:11, "Jasper Kips" <jasper at planetkips.nl> wrote:

> 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 <http://www.bluelimemedia.com>
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