Tom J Nowell
@tjnowell on WordPress.org, @tomjn on Slack
- Member Since: January 6th, 2011
- Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
- Website: tomjn.com
- GitHub: tomjn
- Job Title: Engineer
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Tom J Nowell’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Wrote a comment on the post Addressing Mailchimp and Newsletter service privacy concerns, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I'd also clarify that these concerns are for existing users, not new users. New users…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Addressing Mailchimp and Newsletter service privacy concerns, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Again, the problem is not MailChimp, the problem is giving them the data without consent.…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Addressing Mailchimp and Newsletter service privacy concerns, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think that there's a fundamental misunderstanding of the concerns that were raised here. The…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 7th October, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Can we talk about the switch to taxonomy terms for FSE template post theme tracking?…4 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Twenty Twenty One, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This looks nice!4 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I second this! If we're going to be consistent lets be consistently great!4 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I like this proposal and approve of a merge. Anything I can do to help…4 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Email newsletter service selection: Announcement and Next steps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Additionally: How is this being documented How are users being told about MailChimps privacy practices5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Email newsletter service selection: Announcement and Next steps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
We discussed this in detail with the WordPress Foundation’s legal team, and received feedback that…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is already an ultra conservative proposal, 9 years is enough to conceive a child…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@dd32 put simply, no, that is not true. Lets keep to the proposal at hand…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I support this: - I like backporting site health - I like time based expected…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Request for Feedback: Which email newsletter service should we use?, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Some thoughts on fixing this: Eliminate the import users option, it's not possible to do…9 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Request for Feedback: Which email newsletter service should we use?, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
A lot of the listed features would be illegal in the EU and other countries…9 months ago
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Posted a reply to WordPress Docker Image breaks REST api because loopback fails, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The docker image you linked to isn't an official WP docker image, it's and maintained…10 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Community Events in the time of COVID-19, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
That makes sense, thanks for the clarification!10 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Community Events in the time of COVID-19, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Approve regional/country WordCamps, Meetups, do_action events. We strongly believe that there is much value in…10 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Associating GitHub accounts with WordPress.org profiles, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is broken if you've already entered your github username in before the feature was…11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Safe and welcoming events in the WordPress community, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
How can we keep the inclusive and collaborative nature of our events, without specifying what…11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Fullscreen mode enabled by default in the editor, on the site Make WordPress Core:
With this change the only way to exit full screen mode is hidden behind a…11 months ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Glasgow 2020
1 year ago
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Posted a reply to “error_description”: “Robot is missing a project number.”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you filed a support ticket on their website? https://matadorjobs.com/support/support-request/ If you're working with the…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Higher contrast form fields and buttons, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Hey Sam, .org is community run, nobody is hired or paid. You also don't have…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Higher contrast form fields and buttons, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This is a big improvement, is there any information on how this impacts the block…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Local Environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Can we have this post updated to clarify this is for core development, and not…1 year ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Brighton 2019
2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing the WordPress e2e tests, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The e2e tests require a production-like environment to run. The current setup relies on Docker…2 years ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2019
2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post The Block Directory, and a new type of plugin, on the site Make WordPress.org:
If these are to be a completely separate part of the plugins directory, can we…2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post #core-privacy Office Hours Minutes – 13 February 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
a proof of concept patch to add a customizer option to disable Google Fonts for…2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post New Styling for Admin Table Pagination Links in WordPress 5.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This looks a lot better than what we have right now, thanks to all involved…2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post New REST API Notice in 5.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Awesome, is it possible to link to this post or some other doc in the…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to PHP Warnings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've submitted a pull request with fixes here: https://github.com/kevinohashi/WPPerformanceTester/pull/92 years ago
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Created a topic, PHP Warnings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When viewing the tester page under tools in WP Admin, …2 years ago
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Created a topic, Dangerously Insecure, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is an incredibly dangerous plugin Any plugin tha…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Upgrading Old Site / Help with SQL to WPDB after 3.9?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Wyclef, WP code does not use the mysql functions at all, if your code has…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Upgrade Link is Broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, the latest update does not have this issue :)2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Upgrade Link is Broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Correct I was an admin and super admin, on the root site of a multisite2 years ago
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Created a topic, Upgrade Link is Broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When clicking on configure, I am presented with a prom…2 years ago
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Committed [1859975] to Plugins Trac:
adds banners3 years ago
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Committed [1859970] to Plugins Trac:
added 1.1 tag3 years ago
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Committed [1859967] to Plugins Trac:
bumped to v1.13 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Servehappy Roadmap, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There's a danger and a blindspot here. It's all well and good asking users to…3 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Conference Day Lunch, on the site WordCamp Manchester 2017:
Curious what we'll be serving for lunch? Wonder no more! We'll be having a buffet…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post A new way to highlight our decisions, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
This is awesome for those of us who use the browser, but for those of…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Page on Front “Lean UX Canvas”, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I get the feeling a lot of the efforts so far have been trying to…3 years ago
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Wrote a new post, How we choose WordCamp speakers | #WCMCR, on the site WordCamp Manchester 2017:
Every year at WordCamp Manchester we receive a wide a range of speaker applications. It's…3 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Call for Speakers, on the site WordCamp Manchester 2017:
WordCamp Manchester needs you! To make WordCamp a success we need some fantastic speakers! What…4 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Announcing WordCamp Manchester 2017, on the site WordCamp Manchester 2017:
We're back! On October 28th we'll be holding a 1 day WordCamp at MMU Business…4 years ago
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