Rachel Cherry
@bamadesigner on WordPress.org, @Rachel Cherry on Slack
- Member Since: April 2nd, 2010
- Location: New York
- Website: bamadesigner.com
- Job Title: Software engineer and accessibility consultant
Bio
Contribution History
Rachel Cherry’s badges:- Accessibility Contributor Accessibility Contributor
- Accessibility Team Accessibility Team
- Core Contributor Core Contributor
- WordCamp Organizer WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker WordCamp Speaker
- Plugin Developer Plugin Developer
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Boise, ID 2019 4 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Incident Report: Deputy Asked to Step Away from Official Roles, on the site Make WordPress Communities: 
 What is the process for if this individual wants to refute the statements made here…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 What most people are arguing isn't actually updating software (of course no one wants someone's…6 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Ian, thank you for your continued efforts. Ultimately, these discussions are a great example of…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Where is the data to drive this proposal? It feels like you are making a…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 This is a hard no vote from me. We are getting into the weeds of…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Feature Project Proposal: WP Notify, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Thanks Jonathan! I'm excited about the project and grateful for you and others involved. I…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Feature Project Proposal: WP Notify, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Thanks everyone for the conversation and follow up! I don't think anyone expects/believes the tech…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Feature Project Proposal: WP Notify, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Thanks Johnathan! The notifications in the admin dashboard need some serious consideration so it's awesome…7 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Generating JS and pre loading fonts on every page, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey Phil! I just found your response in my email. I hope all is well…11 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Governance Project: change of venue, on the site Make WordPress Communities: 
 We've added a subscribe form to the site: https://wpgovernance.com/subscribe/1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Governance Project Launch, on the site Make WordPress Communities: 
 FYI: There has been a change in meeting time and venue. https://make.wordpress.org/community/2019/01/07/wordpress-governance-project-change-of-venue/1 year ago 
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										Wrote a new post, WordPress Governance Project Launch, on the site Make WordPress Communities: 
 The WordPress Governance Project kicks off on January 8, 1600 UTC with a one hour…1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Classic Editor Plugin Support Window, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 +1000 Many organizations who use WordPress are required by law to provide accessible software under…1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Report on the Accessibility Status of Gutenberg, on the site Make WordPress Accessible: 
 Rachel Cherry1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.0 for Contributors and Committers, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Why is there no push here to address accessibility issues before launch?1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposed WordPress 5.0 Scope and Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Please consider that these November dates are bumping right into a chain of major US…1 year ago 
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										Created a topic, Generating JS and pre loading fonts on every page, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Your plugin generates/places its Javascript and preloa…1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to the anoying letter F at the end of the page, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Please consider removing this markup altogether as it also causes issues/confusion with ARIA landmark regions.…1 year ago 
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Asheville, NC, USA 2018 2 years ago 
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Rochester 2018 2 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Accessibility violations: theme modifies outline styles for focused elements, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks!2 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Accessibility violation: Zooming and scaling must not be disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks!2 years ago 
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										Created a topic, Accessibility violation: Zooming and scaling must not be disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 This theme disables zooming and scale which is a WCAG …2 years ago 
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										Created a topic, Accessibility violations: theme modifies outline styles for focused elements, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 This theme modifies the CSS outline styles for focus e…2 years ago 
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Minneapolis - St. Paul 2018 2 years ago 
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										Committed [1868847] to Plugins Trac: 
 Changing contributor to dejanmarkovic2 years ago 
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										Committed [1856633] to Plugins Trac: 
 Adding adoption info2 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #43601, in Core Trac: 
 Improve error messaging when activating multisite users2 years ago 
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										Committed [1785798] to Plugins Trac: 
 Getting banners to work2 years ago 
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										Created a topic, Maps JS loaded on pages that don’t have maps, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 The Javascript file for the maps is being loaded on pa…2 years ago 
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										Committed [1785797] to Plugins Trac: 
 Getting banners to work2 years ago 
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										Committed [1785074] to Plugins Trac: 
 Working on readme2 years ago 
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										Committed [1785071] to Plugins Trac: 
 Working on readme2 years ago 
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										Committed [1785070] to Plugins Trac: 
 Releasing version 1.0.22 years ago 
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										Committed [1785067] to Plugins Trac: 
 Releasing version 1.0.12 years ago 
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										Committed [1785065] to Plugins Trac: 
 Committing version 1.0.12 years ago 
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										Committed [1771186] to Plugins Trac: 
 Releasing version 1.2.12 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #42632, in Core Trac: 
 Remove tabindex="-1" from login form header2 years ago 
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										Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Los Angeles, CA 2017 3 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to There when you need it, gone when you don’t, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks Kevin! Glad it's helpful. It's a fun tool to have and build.3 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Updates are coming, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @raymondolah That would be most helpful. You can give me a username of bamadesigner at…3 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Updates are coming, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi all! I'm working on it every hour here and there that I can spare.…3 years ago 
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp San Diego 2017 3 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Is there a code i can use on content?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Yes. View the Github readme for an example: https://github.com/bamadesigner/rock-the-slackbot#send-a-simple-slack-message3 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Very useful, but a couple of issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks @kts915! I left comments for you in GitHub but it looks like tour issue…3 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Updates are coming, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey gang. I didn't realize there were still issues. I'll read through this tonight and…3 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Updates are coming, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 v1.3.5 is out! Please let me know if it fixed things!3 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Updates are coming, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I pushed out an update last night before crashing but it doesn't seem to have…3 years ago 
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