[theme-reviewers] Question: Someone Want to Take Benefit From a'Top Reviewer of the Month'.

[Emil Uzelac]

@Chip Amen!


On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Responsive wasn't "singled out". A total of four Themes were un-Featured.
>
> Responsive was removed for the same reason that every Theme listed before
> it has likewise been removed. The Featured Themes list has *always* been a
> transient, rotating list of Themes. There was NEVER an expectation that,
> once listed as Featured, a Theme would remain Featured forever. In fact,
> the exact opposite is true.
>
> You're projecting WAY too much. Responsive never "lost" the "support" of
> WPORG - because it, like every other Theme in the directory, never *had*
> any special "support" from WPORG. And your Theme shop is not being treated
> as the bad guy for participating in the review incentive program. You're
> welcome and encouraged to do so.
>
> Can I ask you to take a breath for about three days? Some pretty important
> changes are coming to the incentive program - changes that will probably
> alleviate most or all of your current concerns.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>wrote:
>
>> Please answer this: Let's say that one of us sent you an email informing
>> you about
>> this, what would you done differently?
>>
>>
>> Emil I would have asked for an explanation for why the most popular theme
>> on WordPress.org is being unfeatured and removed from WP-Admin > Themes
>> at the height of its popularity. I then would have requested we be provided
>> with precise instructions on what we would have to do to remain in
>> consideration for being featured.
>>
>> At the very least it would have given us time to prepare and get involved
>> more heavily in the review contest. Instead it was mentioned in a blog post
>> that wasn't even brought to our attention until after we were singled out
>> and unfeatured. It was extremely unprofessional to say the least on this
>> subject.
>>
>> In my opinion,* Responsive never needed to be removed to make room for
>> the contest to begin with.*
>>
>> The admins could have easily just added 3 more themes to the featured
>> list. Why Responsive was singled out is still beyond me. Instead of
>> celebrating a million downloads, we're now scrambling trying to figure out
>> how we can sustain our theme without the support of .org.
>>
>> I am having a very difficult time understanding why Responsive was
>> removed, and I'm frustrated for obvious reasons.
>>
>> It is even worse that we're now being made out to be the big bad theme
>> shop in the community now for pooling our reviews into a single account
>> when it is directly because the .org admins forced us to do because you
>> wouldn't consider our individual accounts collectively or our past reviews.
>>
>> I believe this contest is unfair, and I believe the previous process
>> while unfair as well at least didn't need to be undone because of the new
>> review contest.
>>
>> This will be my last post on this issue.
>>
>> I truly hope this never happens to another theme author again, because
>> basically the message I'm getting and the message you're sending to the
>> rest of the community is that if you become successful on .org you will
>> lose the support of .org.
>>
>>  --Trent Lapinski
>> =============
>> CEO of CyberChimps Inc.
>> http://CyberChimps.com
>> Twitter @trentlapinski
>>
>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>
>> @Trent even though everyone on this list knew that featured Themes
>> would be cycled out if their Theme Authors are not winners and Theme
>> nominated.
>>
>> 1) here's the notification:
>>
>> The Theme that will be cycled out is: Responsive.
>>
>>
>> https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2013/11/18/theme-review-incentive-november-2013-winners/
>>
>> 2) Please answer this: Let's say that one of us sent you an email
>> informing you about
>> this, what would you done differently?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> *@**Konstantin* - An expected and fair reaction. The idea is that the
>>> money would be donation-based to help the community, like sponsored
>>> advertising. I don't believe that contradicts or breaks the non-profit
>>> status, that's how PBS operates for example (selling ad space), I think, I
>>> could be wrong.
>>>
>>> I know wordpress.com of course supports wordpress.org and some of its
>>> paid employees, but allocation and expenses don't seem to trickle toward
>>> projects like Theme Review, I believe I recall *@Otto* has discussed in
>>> the past about limited resources?
>>>
>>> Anyways, I assumed it wouldn't be a popular idea, just spit-balling
>>> here. :)
>>>
>>> *@**Emil* - Definitely, for those developers that want to develop for
>>> .com and are able to be accepted, that's can be a great earner.
>>>
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