[theme-reviewers] Tuesday's meeting

Philip Arthur Moore philip at pressbuild.com
Fri Aug 29 01:56:49 UTC 2014


If you find a completely neutral, unbiased, amazing theme reviewer
good enough for WordPress.org who does not own a theme shop or make
themes that would in any way "conflict" with WordPress.org, let me
know. I've been looking for unicorns.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess stepping stone in figurative pyramid comment gave me wrong idea.
>
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> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 5:12 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>>
>> Here's my take on (and original intent for proposing) the role of "trusted
>> reviewer": they are reviewers who are experienced enough, and who perform
>> thorough and complete enough reviews, to be *trusted* to push approved
>> themes Live - either directly (in the case of their own tickets) or
>> indirectly (in the case of the admin review queue.
>>
>> No more, no less. Not a "path to admin", not a title or recognition. Just
>> those competent to push themes live.
>>
>> It's also not a status symbol or exclusive club. As far as I'm concerned,
>> it should be something available to every single reviewer.
>>
>> The whole point is to facilitate the review process while ensuring that
>> themes with critical issues don't end up in end users' hands.
>>
>> On Aug 28, 2014 5:38 PM, "Jose Castaneda" <jomcastaneda at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> As some of you are aware, and even attended, our meeting on tuesday went
>>> good. If you would like to read the logs:
>>> https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-themes&day=2014-08-26&sort=asc#m106404
>>>
>>> The basis of the meeting was to define the role of a key/trusted
>>> reviewer. That person will have the ability to push themes live but not the
>>> ability to assign tickets, sort of a sub-admin type of role. As Cais
>>> mentioned the key things the admins are looking for are:
>>>
>>> * experience
>>> * community involvement
>>> * high quality reviews
>>>
>>> He also notes that he, and the other admins, would love more feedback.
>>> Seriously, I cannot emphasize that part enough, folks. The more feedback we
>>> provide the better we are as a team. It can't all be one sided. I know there
>>> have been a few that speak up from time to time and some that hold back.
>>> This is your time to have your voice heard and make an impact on not just
>>> our team but the entire WordPress project because of this.
>>>
>>> What other things do you want to add to the list of criteria?
>>>
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