[theme-reviewers] Managing the Accessibility-Ready tag

[Joe Dolson]

Hi, theme reviewers!

I was just checking up on the usage of the accessibility-ready tag, and I
observed something I want to bring up. Specifically, that any theme that
comes up for review which either

- Adds the tag accessibility-ready from a previous version or,
- Is a child theme of a theme with accessibility-ready

needs to go through an accessibility review process.

I'm seeing two issues, one illustrated by
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16122, in which a previously
existing theme added the accessibility-ready tag but was approved on diff,
and a second, illustrated in a couple of cases by child themes or offshoots
of Twenty Fourteen, such as https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15736.

In the first case, adding the accessibility-ready tag means that we need to
verify that the tag is justified. In the second case, we need to verify
that the changes to the theme don't break accessibility issues - any of
these child themes are making significant color scheme changes, so the
color contrast of the palette needs to be re-verified.

I just want to make sure that people are being conscious of what the
accessibility-ready tag implies for a theme, and that it really needs to
get particular checking.

Best,
Joe


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Joseph Dolson
Accessibility consultant & WordPress developer
http://www.joedolson.com
http://profiles.wordpress.org/joedolson
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