[theme-reviewers] Approved Theme awaiting ADMIN approval

Wed Jun 18 14:44:32 UTC 2014

The main reason is, we still find too many critical issues - the biggest of
which being bundled resources that have GPL-incompatible licenses.

There's a pretty steep learning curve for understanding everything that
goes into a complete review before Theme approval, and as much as we try to
find ways to reduce the slop of that curve, the reality is that it really
only comes through experience conducting many reviews.

It would be really nice if we had a privilege level between "reviewer" and
"admin" - something like "trusted reviewer", to which we could give the
ability to mark a ticket directly as "Live" instead of as "Approved" (the
latter being what requires Admin review). But, we don't have that, and I'm
not sure if it's possible to implement with the current system.

Note that suspending a Theme after it goes live in Extend is not at all
ideal, and is a very bad experience for end users. It is far better for
Themes to wait longer to go live, than to push more Themes live that later
need to be suspended.

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Stephen Cui <scui2005 at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are 50 tickets waiting for go-live. Why not automating the go-live
> process? I believe this is the process before (for theme update at least).
> Admins can always take actions after go-live if there is issue:
> - Suspend a theme if it is a serious issue.
> - Make a note for author taking action within 2 weeks
>
> Regards
>
> Stephen
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 5:58 AM, Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yep and not one person get paid for what they do, even the core
>> developers.
>>
>> On 6/18/14, Ronnel Angelo <ronnel.angelo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Theme admins are volunteers too.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Imon Themes <imon.theme at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> yes obviously
>> >>
>> >> i think volunteers work hard . but they have no power  to make theme
>> live
>> >>
>> >> thanks
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> but volunteers don't push themes live :)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Sorry for delay. Ever since our incentive program ended we are low on
>> >>>> volunteers.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Marked live per reviewers approval only.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Wednesday, June 18, 2014, Sampression Themes
>> >>>> <themes at sampression.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> We are writing to let you know that our theme Naya Lite was approved
>> >>>>> by
>> >>>>> a theme reviewer about 12 days ago but its status hasn't changed to
>> >>>>> "Live"
>> >>>>> yet.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Could you please look into this matter and help us get our theme
>> >>>>> listed
>> >>>>> in wordpress.org. Our theme ticket is :
>> >>>>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18060
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thank you for your help and support.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Sampression Team
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> *Sampression Team*
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
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>> >>>>>
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>> >>>>>
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