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
- Employer: HumanMade Ltd
Bio
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Contribution History
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 Proposal: Treat FLoC like a security concern, on the site Make WordPress Core:
because when I changed ; to , I forgot to change the explode, it's been…4 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Treat FLoC as a security concern, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I agree, and to that end, here is a version that in theory is more…4 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Full Site Editing Scope for WP5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Will the demo be recorded and shared? Will people be able to join as viewers?…4 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Easier than ever to find the blocks you need, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I wrote this up into a blog post, who says GB can't write posts :)5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Easier than ever to find the blocks you need, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I did some digging, and figured out that the entire block directory and all its…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Easier than ever to find the blocks you need, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's not always possible, and beyond the technical skill of a lot of people building…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Easier than ever to find the blocks you need, on the site Make WordPress Core:
How do we turn this off for client sites with strict control over what's installed…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Experiment: Coordinating Sponsored Contributor Teams, on the site Team Updates:
There are some ambiguities that would be helpful to clear up: - If a student…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Meeting Notes | Matt, Josepha, and Theme Team, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
The meta environment could be rebuilt to be both smaller and faster, as well as…6 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Announcement: Decision making checklist for in-person meetups now available, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I know it might seem obvious, but can we add to the checklist a question…6 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'd also clarify that these concerns are for existing users, not new users. New users…10 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.…10 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…10 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?…11 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!11 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!11 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…11 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 practices11 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…11 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…12 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…12 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…12 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…1 year 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…1 year 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…1 year 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!1 year 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…1 year 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…1 year 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…1 year 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…1 year ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Glasgow 2020
2 years 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…2 years 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…2 years 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…2 years 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…2 years 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…3 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…3 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/93 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, …3 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…3 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…3 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 :)3 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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