Title: I’d like to give some props to Jeffr0 f…
Author: Jen
Published: February 24, 2010

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9:22 pm _on_ February 24, 2010      

# I’d like to give some props to Jeffr0 f…

I’d like to give some props to Jeffr0 for putting his money (well, time) where his
mouth (well, typing fingers) is. Over the past couple of weeks he’s been hopping
into the Ideas forum and helping to manage older threads by looking up which features
have been implemented already (and in which versions) and which features have plugins
addressing the requested functionality, which has made it much easier for me to 
close the outdated threads. There are still about 2300 threads to review, so if 
anyone wants to jump in and help, that would be fantastic.

If you want to help (this is an easy way to contribute for those who aren’t coders),
go to https://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/view/considering and start looking at threads.
Start from the pages at the back of the list, and on each one you can help resolve:

 * Read the thread.
 * If you don’t know if something exists as a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of
   software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website.
   They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites.
   WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly
   with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)
   or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. or has been implemented, use 
   Google.
 * Add a comment to the thread indicating the status/outcome. If you found an appropriate
   plugin, link to it.
 * Add the “modlook” tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store
   a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags
   in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.).
 * Bask in the glow of knowing that this small task is part of a big job, and is
   much appreciated by the community.

The sooner we get the old ideas cleared out of there, the sooner it can become more
useful as a discussion tool (and clear up TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall
Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.
to focus on accepted features and enhancements). So thanks, Jeffr0, and anyone else
who steps up to join us in this task!

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 2.   [Andrew Nacin](http://www.andrewnacin.com)  9:26 pm _on_ February 24, 2010
 3.  Jeffr0: Great work. Next up, TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software
     that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress., which
     has 1500 tickets in a future or unassigned milestone. 🙂
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      *  [Jeffro](http://www.wptavern.com)  10:51 pm _on_ February 24, 2010
      * If I had the knowledge, I most certainly would hammer out the simpler tickets.
        But, I’ll just be one of the guys that contributes where code not apply. I 
        realize that contributing code is probably the best way to contribute to WordPress
        and it really sucks that I can’t do that but I hope that by contributing in
        other ways like the ideas forum cleanup, it will be enough to equal that of
        code contributions.
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 6.   [Ron](http://wpmututorials.com)  10:20 pm _on_ February 24, 2010
 7.  Good work Jeffr0 🙂
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 9.   [Alphawolf](http://alphawolf.wordpress.com/)  10:25 pm _on_ February 24, 2010
 10. These are the individuals that make the community stand out.
 11. Pingback: [Help Me Cleanup The Ideas Forum](http://www.wptavern.com/help-me-cleanup-the-ideas-forum)
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     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 13.  [Andrea_r](http://wpmututorials.com)  12:08 am _on_ February 25, 2010
 14. Three cheers & a beer for Jeffro. 🙂
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     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 16.  [Justin](http://serenelabs.com)  3:03 am _on_ February 25, 2010
 17. This is a good idea. Would be a really useful tool without everything in there.
     I’m starting to do a few and will try to do more in my free time.
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     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 19.  [Jean-Paul Horn](http://www.iphoneclub.nl)  4:40 am _on_ February 25, 2010
 20. Added my help (as djr) and will continue to do so tomorrow and further this week.
 21. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ac75c9e4912a0765eef18917d25c7340bab2dc253cd23b85191768b8c9f4207d?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 22.  [Alex Dunae](http://dunae.ca/)  4:58 am _on_ February 25, 2010
 23. I spent a bit of time answering old ideas tonight. I think you could cut things
     down dramatically by looking at all the zero-star and single-comment posts — there’s
     a lot of spammy stuff and general confusion (e.g. [https://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic/mens-breakfast](https://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic/mens-breakfast)).
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 25.  [Edward Caissie](http://buynowshop.com)  2:29 pm _on_ February 25, 2010
 26. I will be adding this to my general to-do list. It is a great way to help and 
     contribute to the community.
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     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 28.  [Dre Armeda](http://wpvibe.com)  8:56 pm _on_ February 25, 2010
 29. Started helping here as well. How often are these being reviewed by the mods?
 30.  * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5217257bb3ceb5b056e1b36f32494139525507cc2f62b5074e5383ad45c76ba8?
        s=32&d=mm&r=g)
      *  [Jane Wells](http://jane.wordpress.com)  9:10 am _on_ February 28, 2010
      * I review and close a bunch every day. Sometimes I close out 200 threads, sometimes
        only 20, depends on how much repetitive strain my wrists can take, since there’s
        no good workflow for this. Honestly, I’m super tempted to just archive all 
        the old stuff and start with an empty Ideas forum.
         - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7f73fd3c2e27a2f65463b24d58c9761608bb232dbe1a01a57fb63e84c0554727?
           s=32&d=mm&r=g)
         -  [dremeda](http://wpvibe.com/)  4:42 pm _on_ February 28, 2010
         - There’s a bunch of crudCRUD Create, read, update and delete, the four basic
           functions of storing data. (More on [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Create,_read,_update_and_delete).)
           in there really. It looks like a ton of them have been looked at and tagged
           lately so that’s good.
         - Don’t go giving yourself Carpal Tunnel in the Ideas forum.
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     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 32.  [dremeda](http://wpvibe.com/)  11:29 pm _on_ February 25, 2010
 33. Jane, I have started reviewing these as well. Great job Jeffr0!
 34. I was wondering, why did it get this full and why is there items 2 years old? 
     Shouldn’t these be reviewed more often?
 35. If they are being reviewed often, sitting idle for 2+ years with a status of “
     This idea is under consideration” hardly seems effective.
 36. I think there needs to be better governance over the process.
 37. In the meantime, I will continue to try and help clean it up 🙂
 38.  * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4b8cec9e849139f2bc06a07621cfdba263dc5c7df10c42e27e4e42e1fdba7a40?
        s=32&d=mm&r=g)
      *  [Jeffro](http://www.wptavern.com)  9:34 pm _on_ February 28, 2010
      * I think the problem was two fold. The first one being that seemingly no dedicated
        person was keeping an eye on the ideas forum to make sure things were organized
        properly. The second problem is the tools used on the Ideas forum sort of broke,
        at least that’s how I remember it being explained. The ideas forum needed to
        be updated itself along with the plugins being used. The additional categorization
        options also helps to keep things oriented.

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