[theme-reviewers] Tackling long review times

[Emil Uzelac]

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On Wednesday, October 29, 2014, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Inspire others by reviewing a ton of themes :)
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 7:08 PM, myazalea <myazalea at hotmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','myazalea at hotmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>>  I still believe that making it easier for authors to submit higher
>> quality themes is the way to go.
>> The guidelines have to be clear. I got fed up after having pretty much
>> every ticket I reviewed reopened because of things that were not marked as
>> required.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Skickat från min Samsung Mobil
>>
>>
>> -------- Originalmeddelande --------
>> Från: Srikanth Koneru
>> Datum:29-10-2014 14:30 (GMT+01:00)
>> Till: "Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers."
>> Rubrik: Re: [theme-reviewers] Tackling long review times
>>
>>  no aggression, just stating the fact :)
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Afzaal (ThinkUpThemes) <
>> wordpress at thinkupthemes.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wordpress at thinkupthemes.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>  Wow, wasn’t expecting such aggression. Just sharing thoughts Srikanth. J
>>
>>
>>
>> Love to hear your thoughts as mentioned. Do you think it’s beneficial to
>> end users to have a broken theme and for us to not have this discussion?
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* theme-reviewers [mailto:
>> theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org');>]
>> *On Behalf Of *Srikanth Koneru
>> *Sent:* 29 October 2014 13:24
>> *To:* Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.
>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Tackling long review times
>>
>>
>>
>> Instead of wasting time monitoring the percentages, its more beneficial
>> to actually review themes.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Afzaal (ThinkUpThemes) <
>> wordpress at thinkupthemes.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wordpress at thinkupthemes.com');>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I just wanted to share some thoughts and hear the thoughts from others on
>> possible methods for tackling the long wait time for theme reviews.
>> Although long wait times are less of an issue for new themes, I’m more
>> concerned with the recent increase in wait times for theme updates. Often
>> updates are released to fix issues and in an ideal world it would be great
>> to have these reach users quickly.
>>
>>
>>
>> In a recent discussion Tammie applauded SiteOrigin for their commitment
>> in allocating 5% of their resources to assist with WordPress.org
>> activities. I definitely believe that anyone benefitting financially from
>> WordPress.org should in recognition of this opportunity allocate some of
>> their resources back to WordPress.org. Anything at all would be beneficial.
>>
>>
>>
>> So here’s my proposal. Any author that submits a theme (either new or
>> update) should first complete a review before that theme itself can be
>> reviewed.
>>
>>
>>
>> The benefits of this are:
>>
>>
>>
>> ·         Reduce the wait time in the review queue.
>>
>> ·         More themes will be reviewed by experienced developers (those
>> who themselves have developed a theme for acceptance to WP.org
>>
>> ·         Help to make the reviewer a better developer.
>>
>>
>>
>> As an initial thought the number of reviews that the author must complete
>> will be a percentage based on the number of themes ahead of them in the
>> review queue.
>>
>>
>>
>> ·         New Theme – Review 2%. E.g if you are approximately at
>> position 100, kindly review 2 new themes.
>>
>> ·         Theme update – Review 10%. E.g if you are approximately at
>> position 60, kindly review 6 updates.
>>
>>
>>
>> I know that this is a very rough estimate, and yes the absolute value
>> calculated from the percentage will vary as each new review is picked up.
>> However, I’d like to think we can be trusted to broadly follow any
>> guidelines we may agree upon.
>>
>>
>>
>> Love to hear your thoughts! J
>>
>>
>>
>> Afzaal
>>
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