Add-ons/Reviewers/Admins

How to add an add-on to the Language Tools page

This should only be done for language packs and dictionaries. The developers will usually email amo-admins or amo-editors to request this. If the email was to amo-editors, make sure to forward/cc to amo-admins.

1. Go to the add-on management page (for example).
2. Scroll down, locate the Admin Settings box, and click on the Edit button.
3. In the Target Locate textbox, enter the 2 or 5-digit locale code. You can find it in the code of the add-on.
4. If there's another add-on of the same type already listed for that locale in the Language Tools page, you should use the Additional Locale Info to differentiate them. Try asking the developer why their add-on is different. While it's okay to have dupes, they should be very rare.

How to change the blocklist

The Blocklist Admin page explains the process. Only full admins (currently, Jorge and Andy) can do this at the moment. There's a plan to move the administration of the blocklist to a more flexible tool.

How to remove an ID from the blacklist

Only full admins (currently, Jorge and Andy) can do this at the moment. This bug tracks creating a proper tool that support this for all admin reviewers.

1. First, make sure the developer requesting this actually owns the ID.
2. Go to the blacklist management page.
3. Look for the ID and click on it. If the ID was deleted long ago, it might be easier to look it up on the DB first to find the blacklist entry ID.
4. Delete

Shortcuts to Admin Queues

The following are links to the queues, but showing admin only.

1. Full Review Queue
2. Preliminary Review Queue
3. Updated Queue
4. Fast Track Queue

Re-reviewing an Addon

This is a workaround for a current bug. In order to change a review, do not go to the admin page and change the review, but go to the admin page and set it to "Awaiting Review". (example of Admin page). Then return to the review page (example of review page) then submit your new review.

Reviewing XPTs

When you see a .xpt in a file do not worry about it, it is just definitions. What you need to review, is the javascript in the file backing those function definitions.

Reviewing Addons with Binary Components

Unlike with addons with minified/obfuscated code, we do not request the reproduction steps, and then reproduce it. We simply review the attached files, and then run all the binary files through a virus scan on the Virus Total Website. If you are prompted, "a previous scan exists", make sure to do a new scan, as the old one probably is no longer applicable.