[theme-reviewers] Theme Update Review

Wed Oct 30 19:25:00 UTC 2013

I too did not understand how its punishing theme authors.

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> He replied to:
>
> If Otto/Nacin can lock down #2/#3/#4 till #1 is empty, that may work too.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry, but I have no clue what you mean by "punishing Theme authors"?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:11 PM, 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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