https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40138
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Bug #: 40138
Summary: Remove Bugzilla and migrate to a wiki (with perhaps a
"bug-tracking" extension") for bug-tracking
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Bugzilla
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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It is horrible for non-technical-users of MediaWiki wikis to use Bugzilla for
several reasons:
* Interface:
** Nothing localized
** Totally different markup
** You can't even correct spelling mistakes in your posts
* Intransparency:
** Pretty well hidden: You need a handbook for understanding how to find what
you are looking for or if you like to look behind the scenes
** No profile pages/ no signature: You are talking to e-Mail addresses and
don't know how they are related to MediaWiki (developer, community, both,
hacker, ...)
My first thoughts when I saw this page:
* Am I right here? Looks like a fake-wikimedia site. Why this "beetle" with a
speech bubble? This must be a place that isn't designed for me but for the
MediaWiki developers. But there is an issue... well let's e-Mail a dev instead.
Then reading "How to Report Bugs Effectively", which is linked from the main
page...
( http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html )
It starts from the perspective of the developer. This is quite discouraging.
Instead of this polemic page, there should be a short list, preferably shown
when starting a new bug report, what to include. It is funny to read yes, but
is not straightforward.
I hope you can comprehend some of my points and something will be improved in
this direction. A first step could be labeling this site "issue tracker"
because bug is not part of default English lessons, while "issue" is. Issue
would also cover feature requests.
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