Meeting notes for 2018 February 13

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Items discussed:

• Update for child handbook page
  • Forum team are planning to update the child themes page in the handbook.
  • Those interested in helping can leave comments in a gdoc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-DO9kAWigalNvV2eFsoCVliGeQ4bzkvAgHUmCj2_GaY/edit.
• Preventing users removing footer copyright messages
  • Authors should not make it excessively difficult for users to remove footer messages.
  • Please see comment: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4Y3K/p1517936627000097
• Admin pointers
  • Use of admin pointers was originally disallowed as it was expected that stable Admin Pointer APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. would be in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
  • As there’s no clear indication of whether this feature will soon be in core, we discussed allowing the use of admin pointers in themes.
  • The main objections to allowing these was their use in upselling, and also excessive use therefore cluttering the admin area.
  • Discussed allowing the use of admin pointers, initially with no rules. A vote during the meeting showed 10 in favour of this, and 1 against. Vote results.
  • Additional guidelines governing the use of admin pointers would be made at a later date once authors begin adopting this feature.
  • Team leads have decided to allow admin pointers. The situation will be monitored and new rules added in future if needed.
• GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/
  • A separate post will soon be published to allow everyone to share their opinions.
  • This will give an opportunity for other teams and the wider WP theme dev community to also share in the conversation.
  • The topic will be discussed at a later meeting.
• Dealing with theme breaking guidelines
  • Themes that violate the most serious guidelines (e.g. security) are subject to suspension. This has always been the case.
  • If a theme is breaking the guidelines, first comment in-ticket requesting the author address the issues quickly.
  • If an author fails, or refuses, to fix issues in a timely manner they may be warned to fix issues within 7 days or the theme may be suspended.

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