Title: August 18th Support Team Meeting Summary Author: James Huff Published: August 18, 2016 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/macmanx/) [James Huff](https://profiles.wordpress.org/macmanx/) 6:20 pm _on_ August 18, 2016 Tags: [weekly chat ( 221 )](https://make.wordpress.org/support/tag/weekly-chat/) # August 18th Support Team Meeting Summary ## **Attendance** [@macmanx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/macmanx/) [@fierevere](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fierevere/) [@denisco](https://profiles.wordpress.org/denisco/) [@sergeybiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/) [@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/) [@bcworkz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bcworkz/) [@cristianozanca](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cristianozanca/) [@clorith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clorith/) [@gmosso](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gmosso/) [@lasacco](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lasacco/) [@bdbrown](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bdbrown/) [@geoffreyshilling](https://profiles.wordpress.org/geoffreyshilling/) [@kidsguide](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kidsguide/) [@numeeja](https://profiles.wordpress.org/numeeja/) [@jdembowski](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jdembowski/) [@zoonini](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zoonini/) [@jcastaneda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jcastaneda/) [@hardeepasrani](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hardeepasrani/) [@danhgilmore](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danhgilmore/) [@wido](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wido/) [@songdogtech](https://profiles.wordpress.org/songdogtech/) [@keesiemeijer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keesiemeijer/) [@stevesterndatacom](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stevesterndatacom/) [@ipstenu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu/) [@tnash](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tnash/) [@pmfonseca](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pmfonseca/) [@girlieworks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/girlieworks/) [@francescodicandia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francescodicandia/) [@kenshino](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kenshino/) [@abletec](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abletec/) [@kmessinger](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kmessinger/) [@valeriosza](https://profiles.wordpress.org/valeriosza/) [@lukecavanagh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lukecavanagh/) [@samuelsidler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/) attended. ## **Announcement** * Please consider sharing this awesome post on leaving and replying to reviews. ## **WordPress 4.6** WordPress [4.6](https://wordpress.org/news/2016/08/pepper/) is here! [@ocean90](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/) has been [tracking trending reports on Slack](https://wordpress.slack.com/files/ocean90/F226SLAQ3/Bug_Reports_4_6), and those with confirmed [Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org) tickets have been added to [the known issues](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-first-wordpress-46-master-list?replies=5#post-8762136). ## **Upcoming Moderator Expectations Change** bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. [https://bbpress.org](https://bbpress.org) 2 will bring changes to the Moderator role, making it almost as powerful as the current Administrator role (it will only lack the powers that we never, and shouldn’t, use anyway). As such, we will be modifying the Moderator expectations to be more of a merge of the current Moderator and Administrator expectations. By unanimous vote, once the new bbPress 2 forum launches, the new Moderator expectations will be: > A moderator regularly takes care of the spam and modlook queue, while attending > as many meetings as possible within reason and leaving no less than 10 publicly > visible replies in the forum in a 6-month period. For all of you Administrators out there, this is a “demotion” in name only, you’ll still have the same powers you use today, don’t panic. 🙂 Yes, there are higher roles with more powers available once we get to bbPress 2, and we will be actively considering whether or not we need them as we get comfortable with the new forums. ## **New Automated Badge Requirements** As we discussed [last week](https://make.wordpress.org/support/2016/08/august-11th-support-team-meeting-summary/), the Support Contributor and Support Team badges will be automated based on the following criteria: > Support Contributor = [x] replies. (tentatively 400 for the English forums) > Support Team = Moderator. Today, this was approved by unanimous vote. The automation will begin once the bbPress 2 forum launches, and the tentative number of required replies will likely be adjusted per language forum as necessary. The Support Contributor badge will be permanent, like all other Contributor badges, while the Support Team badge can be removed by being demoted back to a standard forum member. ## **Checkin with International Support Liaisons** * The [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/forums/) support community is continuing to improve [their handbook](https://it.wordpress.org/forums/handbook/). * The [Brazilian](https://br.wordpress.org/support/) support community has begun to translate their own handbook and write some training documentation for new moderators. * The [Portuguese](https://pt.wordpress.org/support/) and [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/support/) support communities are doing well. 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[Stephen Edgar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netweb/) 4:32 am _on_ August 19, 2016 3. Can I request for the following to be discussed at the next support meeting please: 4. Does the support team have any issue/s with the following proposal? 5. Over in [1312-meta](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1312), and [1313-meta](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1313), and [1314-meta](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1314) are proposals to add bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. [https://bbpress.org](https://bbpress.org), BuddyPress, and GlotPress badges to user profiles. 6. A [discussion](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1313#comment:16) as part of the above has arisen in regard to awarding bbPress & BuddyPress support and docs contributors with badges also. 7. I’m of the opinion that bbPress and BuddyPress do not need to create their own support and docs badges and that using the existing support and docs team badges would suffice. 8. • bbPress.org and BuddyPress.org support forums users with 400+ replies would also recieve the “Support Contributor” support team badge. 9. • bbPress.org and BuddyPress.org support forums users with 400+ replies would also recieve the “Support Contributor” support team badge. 10. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d0dea7177b2141973609a1adac244ce9843d70430350fff251144cb4d44968b4? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [James Huff](https://profiles.wordpress.org/macmanx/) 6:33 am _on_ August 19, 2016 * Sure, I am aware of the replies in [#1313-meta](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1313), they are from many people I do respect from all sides of this particular discussion. There’s a lot to discuss here, this will be brought up in the next meeting. * Edit: Comment altered to remove my opinion, we can discuss such things in the meeting, which will be [Thursday, August 25, 2016, 16:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160825T1600) in [#forums](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/forums/) on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/).( [a Slack account is required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)) - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/120b2dbc332ea0daf46d432e7d1fd3bf9a2b98955f9bad07dfd3ff8eb0fdfc87? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Stephen Edgar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netweb/) 6:41 am _on_ August 19, 2016 - Thanks 🙂 * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d0dea7177b2141973609a1adac244ce9843d70430350fff251144cb4d44968b4? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [James Huff](https://profiles.wordpress.org/macmanx/) 7:35 pm _on_ August 26, 2016 * Passed unanimously: [https://make.wordpress.org/support/2016/08/august-25th-support-team-meeting-summary/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/2016/08/august-25th-support-team-meeting-summary/) Comments are closed. # Post navigation [← Agenda for August 18th Support Meeting](https://make.wordpress.org/support/2016/08/agenda-for-august-18th-support-meeting/) [Hello again support team The meta team posted some… →](https://make.wordpress.org/support/2016/08/hello-again-support-team-the-meta-team-posted-some/)