[theme-reviewers] Managing the Accessibility-Ready tag

[Srikanth Koneru]

accessibility tag was added in
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15738 and not in
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16122


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Joe Dolson <design at joedolson.com> wrote:

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