​Hi, Moriel. Good idea. I will.
Igal.
​

2017-09-13 19:56 GMT+03:00 Moriel Schottlender <[email protected]>
:

> I think this can be solved easily if you just add the URL of what you're
> looking at when you send an email or report such things.
>
> This will help everyone understand the context even if you aren't aware of
> all the other products or tools that we have.
> You need to understand that sending an email saying that any sort of logs
> or sql tables are down makes people very very concerned, especially during
> a weekend. It is common courtesy to add the context, to make sure people
> don't jump in panic over the wrong problem. And it will be beneficial to
> actually solving the problem you report - because people will be able to
> look into the correct problem, rather than wondering if you mean something
> else that you might not be aware exist.
>
> Just add the link you're looking at, that should solve at least some of the
> confusion for the future :)
>
> (It's also a good idea in general to anyone reporting an issue, be it here
> or in Phabricator, and will save developers a lot of time trying to find
> the issue themselves)
>
> Moriel
>
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 7:20 AM, יגאל חיטרון <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > The problem is I have no idea what is Toolforge and what is Beta Cluster.
> > And I never thought there is more than one option. If I would know, of
> > cause, I whould give all the details.
> > Igal
> >
> >
> > 2017-09-12 17:17 GMT+03:00 Brad Jorsch (Anomie) <[email protected]>:
> >
> > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 5:51 AM, יגאל חיטרון <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi. I think you missed that. I started from "The sql log tables are
> > > dead".
> > > > It shows exactly where is the problem.
> > > >
> > >
> > > The criticism that you are receiving is that you didn't specify *which*
> > log
> > > tables in your email. It turns out you meant the replicas in Toolforge,
> > but
> > > your original message was so vague that it could easily have been
> > > indicating a problem in the Beta Cluster or on the production wikis.
> > >
> > > In general, it's best to say explicitly what you're talking about
> instead
> > > of assuming people will somehow know it.
> > >
> > >
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