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  • Hi Polyglots,

    I am the theme author for (https://wordpress.org/themes/avira/) (https://wordpress.org/themes/proficient/). We have a number of great translation editors that we’d like to be able to approve translation for our themes. Please add the following WordPress.org users as translation editors for their respective locales: #ca – @transiword (@tobifjellner) If you have any questions, just comment here. Thank you!…

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  • Improvements in REST API request parameter regular expressions

    With WordPress 4.9, a bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. has been fixed which would cause unexpected numeric results to be included…

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  • Call for Testing: WPiOS 8.7

    WordPress for iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. version 8.7 betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product;…

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  • Good Practices & Resources

    Please use the menu on the left hand side to read through this section of the handbook. Items on tools like GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid…

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  • Recap of WordCamp.org ticket scrub on October 24th

    Agenda Log (requires Slack account) Participants: @casiepa, @coreymckrill, @grapplerulrich, @kau-boy, @kenshino, @sergeybiryukov, @xkon We discussed these tickets: #1794 – The approach discussed in the ticket sounds good and should move forward. @kenshino is working on a patch. #2501 – We decided that it wasn’t a good idea to switch to an `npm` module, because that…

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  • Meeting notes for 2017 October 24

    Meeting [ link ]. A Slack account is needed to view the archives. Items discussed: Workflow suggestion to improve the review process. Possibility of allowing new reviewers to focus purely on the more basic guidelines, and approve once these are completed. All other checks will be completed by a moderator in the final review. A…

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  • Agenda for October 26th Support Meeting

    General announcements WordPress 4.9 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the…

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  • Dev Chat Agenda for October 25th (4.9 week 13)

    This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on / October 25, 2017 at 20:00 UTC: 4.9 schedule Editor / 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…

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  • Hello Polyglots, I am the…

    Hello Polyglots, I am the plugin author for Broadcast – https://wordpress.org/plugins/threewp-broadcast/. We have a number of great translation editors that we’d like to be able to approve translation for our plugin(s). Please add the following WordPress.org users as translation editors for their respective locales: #de_DE @edward_plainview (@petya) Optimally y’all could add me as PTEProject Translation…

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  • Recap of October 24, 2017 Meeting

    General Updates None given. Meeting Times @bethsoderberg: Times have been suggested and there is a spreadsheet of conflicting times from other groups. What I’m thinking is that we have this meeting as another time to throw out alternate times that DO work for your schedules out there. And then reach out to the people who…

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