[theme-reviewers] Tuesday's meeting

Tue Sep 2 23:23:36 UTC 2014

Awesome!

On Tuesday, September 2, 2014, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure I am also up for it, also @samuelsidler offered to make the code
> changes in case Otto is busy.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 4:46 AM, Tammie Lister <karmatosed at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','karmatosed at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Yes I am up for it. Thanks for the opportunity.
>>
>> Tammie
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 3, 2014, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','emil at uzelac.me');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Progress... Srikanth, Tammie, Jose, are you up for it?
>>>
>>> If so the next step would be to ask Otto to help us out (time permitting
>>> of course).
>>> Your role is to go over approved themes and mark them live.
>>>
>>> Sounds good?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> so any progress ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The role contains the option to mark themes live, along with what
>>>>> reviewer already does and is able to do.
>>>>>
>>>>> Think of it as the add-on.
>>>>>
>>>>> No need to make any restrictions or speculate conflict :)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, August 29, 2014, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure what conflict with WordPress.org you are talking about but
>>>>>> the conflict I had in mind is this :
>>>>>> Themeshop owner/employee has his/their themes in new/updated list and
>>>>>> they may delay the next push as long as possible to get as much exposure of
>>>>>> being on theme directory as possible, even if he is genuinely busy, others
>>>>>> may interpret it that way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So in my opinion neutral person should be first preference, just an
>>>>>> opinion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Philip Arthur Moore <
>>>>>> philip at pressbuild.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you find a completely neutral, unbiased, amazing theme reviewer
>>>>>>> good enough for WordPress.org who does not own a theme shop or make
>>>>>>> themes that would in any way "conflict" with WordPress.org, let me
>>>>>>> know. I've been looking for unicorns.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> > I guess stepping stone in figurative pyramid comment gave me wrong
>>>>>>> idea.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 5:12 AM, Chip Bennett <
>>>>>>> chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Here's my take on (and original intent for proposing) the role of
>>>>>>> "trusted
>>>>>>> >> reviewer": they are reviewers who are experienced enough, and who
>>>>>>> perform
>>>>>>> >> thorough and complete enough reviews, to be *trusted* to push
>>>>>>> approved
>>>>>>> >> themes Live - either directly (in the case of their own tickets)
>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>> >> indirectly (in the case of the admin review queue.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> No more, no less. Not a "path to admin", not a title or
>>>>>>> recognition. Just
>>>>>>> >> those competent to push themes live.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> It's also not a status symbol or exclusive club. As far as I'm
>>>>>>> concerned,
>>>>>>> >> it should be something available to every single reviewer.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> The whole point is to facilitate the review process while
>>>>>>> ensuring that
>>>>>>> >> themes with critical issues don't end up in end users' hands.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> On Aug 28, 2014 5:38 PM, "Jose Castaneda" <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> As some of you are aware, and even attended, our meeting on
>>>>>>> tuesday went
>>>>>>> >>> good. If you would like to read the logs:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-themes&day=2014-08-26&sort=asc#m106404
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> The basis of the meeting was to define the role of a key/trusted
>>>>>>> >>> reviewer. That person will have the ability to push themes live
>>>>>>> but not the
>>>>>>> >>> ability to assign tickets, sort of a sub-admin type of role. As
>>>>>>> Cais
>>>>>>> >>> mentioned the key things the admins are looking for are:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> * experience
>>>>>>> >>> * community involvement
>>>>>>> >>> * high quality reviews
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> He also notes that he, and the other admins, would love more
>>>>>>> feedback.
>>>>>>> >>> Seriously, I cannot emphasize that part enough, folks. The more
>>>>>>> feedback we
>>>>>>> >>> provide the better we are as a team. It can't all be one sided.
>>>>>>> I know there
>>>>>>> >>> have been a few that speak up from time to time and some that
>>>>>>> hold back.
>>>>>>> >>> This is your time to have your voice heard and make an impact on
>>>>>>> not just
>>>>>>> >>> our team but the entire WordPress project because of this.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> What other things do you want to add to the list of criteria?
>>>>>>> >>>
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