[theme-reviewers] So many themes are still not live

Ulrich Pogson grapplerulrich at gmail.com
Sun Oct 12 19:44:57 UTC 2014


+1 tskk

On 12 October 2014 20:40, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> That list is moving at consistent pace these days, what would help even
> more is thorough reviews by reviewers :)
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>
>> It's all about how much time the volunteer will have. Please don't turn
>> this into something that is not.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I always wonder why the "value" in giving back to the community always
>>> seems to be equated to how much time one's efforts are in the spotlight?
>>>
>>> I always thought giving back to the community was about "giving" not
>>> about what you get back for it.
>>>
>>> Edward Caissie
>>> aka Cais.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Styled Themes <social at styledthemes.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m thinking that the concern might be
>>>> that there are times when large batches of themes go live all at once and
>>>> anyone who just went live on the “New Themes” list will get bumped off
>>>> quickly.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There are other times when themes are released and some get to be on
>>>> the first 15 “new theme” listing up to 2 weeks and times when you might be
>>>> on it for a day or two, only to be bumped off due to yet another large
>>>> theme release. I was just thinking about this last night because I just had
>>>> a theme approved and wondering if I will be on the first 15 for a very
>>>> short moment in time….
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It does get very discouraging to see a theme of yours get buried so
>>>> quickly while others get the enjoyment of up to a couple weeks. Considering
>>>> the amount of time and effort a developer can put into a theme in giving
>>>> back to the WordPress community, themes going live after approval should be
>>>> done on a more consistent basis for timed releases and to how many get
>>>> released each time to make it fair for everyone to enjoy being in the first
>>>> 15 long enough to justify making themes for the repository. Think about
>>>> this….if you just got released and currently in the 1st spot and then
>>>> a day later 20 themes get released (go live), you just got bumped down to
>>>> page 2 of results, enjoying 1 day of being on the front page first 15.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just my two cents J
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Andre
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* theme-reviewers [mailto:
>>>> theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org] *On Behalf Of *Emil Uzelac
>>>> *Sent:* October-12-14 10:20 AM
>>>> *To:* Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] So many themes are still not live
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Theme was approved 3 days ago, please be patient :)
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, October 12, 2014, Hardeep Asrani <hardeepasrani at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty sure it's a dumb question, so not sarcasm please, hehe.
>>>>
>>>> I was checking out list of tickets marked as approved but not live
>>>> yet... It's like over 20 newly approved themes are not live... One is
>>>> there from almost 2 weeks:
>>>>
>>>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=approved&group=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=reporter&col=owner&col=priority&col=changetime&col=keywords&report=24&order=changetime
>>>>
>>>> My theme is: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20448 also in
>>>> the list... So please someone with the privileges to make them live do
>>>> something and clear some of them one-by-one whenever she/he gets the
>>>> time :)
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for a silly question - but I can't wait to see my first theme
>>>> live :)
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