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The comments textbox is where you should write all of your review notes. There's also a canned response list below it, that contains useful reusable snippets of text for your notes. Selecting any of them will just add the text to the textbox. You can use as many as you need. Take some time to familiarize yourself with the canned response list. It can give you a good idea of the issues we frequently encounter and what we have to say about it.<br> | The comments textbox is where you should write all of your review notes. There's also a canned response list below it, that contains useful reusable snippets of text for your notes. Selecting any of them will just add the text to the textbox. You can use as many as you need. Take some time to familiarize yourself with the canned response list. It can give you a good idea of the issues we frequently encounter and what we have to say about it.<br> | ||
You should normally use one of the first | You should normally use one of the first three resolutions: | ||
*Push to Public: the version doesn't have any problems and it's OK for the public. | *Push to Public: the version doesn't have any problems and it's OK for the public. | ||
* | * Grant Preliminary Review: the version has problems that prevent us from making it fully public, but it's still safe to use. | ||
*Reject: the version has security issues and must be rejected. | |||
The other two are for special situations: | The other two are for special situations: | ||
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*Request Super-Review: this is for very special cases where you think an admin editor should review this add-on. It can be because you think there's some malicious intent from the author; in this case you should notify the mailing list about it. It can also be because you are aware Mozilla has received a DMCA notice about this add-on. It is critical that you do '''not''' try to resolve this issue yourself. Copyright complaints should be escalated to admins and, at most, you can point the person making the complaint to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice section of our [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/legal.html legal notices page] for an explanation of the protocol to follow. The add-on will remain in the queue, and in this case the comments aren't sent to the author. They're only readable from the review page. | *Request Super-Review: this is for very special cases where you think an admin editor should review this add-on. It can be because you think there's some malicious intent from the author; in this case you should notify the mailing list about it. It can also be because you are aware Mozilla has received a DMCA notice about this add-on. It is critical that you do '''not''' try to resolve this issue yourself. Copyright complaints should be escalated to admins and, at most, you can point the person making the complaint to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice section of our [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/legal.html legal notices page] for an explanation of the protocol to follow. The add-on will remain in the queue, and in this case the comments aren't sent to the author. They're only readable from the review page. | ||
While you perform your review, you should be keeping notes of everything you noticed about the add-on: validator flags, errors in the error console, bugs, areas for improvement, etc. You can either use a note-taking program, or just type your notes in the comments textbox of the review page. Changing the resolution won't clear your notes. Just make sure you | While you perform your review, you should be keeping notes of everything you noticed about the add-on: validator flags, errors in the error console, bugs, areas for improvement, etc. You can either use a note-taking program, or just type your notes in the comments textbox of the review page. Changing the resolution won't clear your notes. Just make sure you selected the right one when you're ready to submit!<br> | ||
'''Editor Tour:''' an admin editor should have given you a specific add-on to review. Also, don't submit your first review without admin approval!<br> | '''Editor Tour:''' an admin editor should have given you a specific add-on to review. Also, don't submit your first review without admin approval!<br> | ||