Noam Ross developed a new Editor Guidelines section for the ropensci/dev_guide repository, focusing on procedures for handling unresponsive reviewers and authors in the software review process. He approached the task by enhancing the documentation to clarify editorial workflows and reduce ambiguity in scenarios where communication stalls. To broaden accessibility, he provided translations of the guidelines into Spanish and Portuguese, leveraging his skills in internationalization and technical writing. The work, implemented in R Markdown, updated the project’s news item to reflect these changes. This feature addressed workflow bottlenecks and improved accountability, though the scope was limited to documentation rather than code changes.