[theme-reviewers] accessibility-ready and suspensions

[Emil Uzelac]

Agreed :)

On Monday, June 9, 2014, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:

> We suspend very few theme ... and I cannot think of a case where it wasn't
> easily justified.
>
> Edward Caissie
> aka Cais.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>
> Joe will take care of this and we will solve the issue without ugly
> suspensions :)
>
>
> On Monday, June 9, 2014, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I would say we can suspend a theme for using that particular tag
> incorrectly ... saying something is a fluid-layout when it is not versus
> saying something is a11y ready when it is not are two completely different
> ideas.
>
> These authors have been advised once already, correct? I would send a
> second notification this issue needs to be addressed (another comment with
> a fair ... 72 hours? ... time limit to correct and/or respond to at least
> acknowledge they are aware of the issue and intend to correct it);
> otherwise, suspend the theme and be done with it. Any of the WPTRT admins
> have access to suspend themes if warranted, we just would prefer not to in
> most cases.
>
> The available choices for a11y compliant themes is very limited, there is
> no reason whatsoever to dilute that pool with themes that do not follow the
> current guidelines.
>
> Edward Caissie
> aka Cais.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Joe Dolson <design at joedolson.com> wrote:
>
> Removing the wrong tag is absolutely the end goal; it's just that only the
> theme author can actually do that, so we're dependent on the theme author
> updating their theme to make that change.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>
> That was the plan :)
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Bass Jobsen <bass at w3masters.nl> wrote:
>
>  But we can't suspend Themes based on wrong tag :)
>
>
> Maybe remove the wrong tag?
>
>
>
>
> Emil
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Joe Dolson <design at joedolson.com> wrote:
>
> On the Accessibility P2 group, we're starting to get occasional complaints
> about themes that have the 'accessibility-ready' tag but aren't really
> accessible. This is directly caused by the fact that at various points
> themes have had the tag added without being reviewed.
>
> Is it possible to suspend themes that use the accessibility-ready tag
> without a review and approval?
>
> If so, I'd like to have the following themes suspending pending updates to
> either fix their accessibility or remove the accessibility-ready tag:
>
> Ward: http://wordpress.org/themes/ward
> NuvioElement Orange: http://wordpress.org/themes/nuvioelement-orange
> NuvioFutureMag Red: http://wordpress.org/themes/nuviofuturemag-red
> Madeini: http://wordpress.org/themes/madeini
> Infinite: http://wordpress.org/themes/infinite
>
> Ward has had the review, but it took place after the theme went live and
> has not been updated; Infinite has recently uploaded an
>
>
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