WikiQueer:Bug reports and feature requests



Bug reports and feature requests relating to the MediaWiki software which powers WikiQueer should be filed on Wikimedia's Bugzilla. Bugzilla is a bug reporting tool and organization system used by many software projects.

Bugs that are not directly related to the MediaWiki software should be discussed at WikiQueer:Village pump (technical). When in doubt, discuss issues at the Village pump before filing a bug on Wikimedia's Bugzilla.

Wikimedia's Bugzilla was launched in August 2004 to replace the old MediaWiki bug tracker at SourceForge.

Reporting a bug
You've got a bug, and you're itching to report it. The first thing you should do is search for an existing bug. Someone may have already reported the bug. Searching first helps to prevent duplicates. To be effective, try multiple synonyms and rephrasings of what the bug might have been called.

Create account
The next step is to create an account, as accounts on WikiQueer do not carry over into Bugzilla. You can put any name or alias in the name field. It does not have to be your real name. Log in using the password you receive in the confirmation e-mail (which can be changed in your preferences once you have logged in). When logging in enter your email address in the login spot.

Hiding your email address
Please note that (unlike on Wikimedia projects) your email address will be visible on threads you participate in, and on thread CC lists you have added yourself to. It is visible to everyone who is logged in. It is not visible to people who are not logged in. Your email address can not be hidden from logged-in readers. It is possible to create an additional web-based e-mail address, and then set it to forward email to your main email address. This prevents exposure of your real name or your main email address. Google Mail (Gmail) allows free email forwarding. One can automatically forward email from one Gmail account to another Gmail account, or to any email account. You can change your email address or name at anytime on Bugzilla. They are then changed in all bug threads you participated in. So if you decide later on to hide your main email address or name you can still do so. You can change your name on either or both of the Google email accounts also if you want to.

Details
Enter your bug! Select the product (usually MediaWiki), and you're ready to go.

To understand what the fields mean and how to write a useful bug report it is recommended to read How to report a bug.

Updates on your bug
You will be emailed with updates on the status of your bug. Sometimes developers may reject, or misunderstand a bug report or feature request and close a report that you think is still valid. If you believe there's still an issue, you can reopen it and try to make a better explanation, or you can take it to the mailing list. If you do not want to get updates on your bug, you can state this in your [].

Voting

 * See "Voting" at Wikimedia's bugzilla

Voting is a mechanism that allows you to show which bugs you care about. You can vote for a bug by clicking "Vote for this bug" towards the bottom of the page. You can change your mind later and remove your vote by going to the [ my votes] page.

Note that developers are not obligated to implement a request just because it has a large number of votes.

Etiquette

 * See "Bugzilla Etiquette" at Mozilla's bugzilla

Bugzilla is a place to notify developers of bugs and contribute information that would be useful in the fixing of the bugs. It is not a place for advocacy viz. "I REALLY WANT THIS BUG FIXED!" With that in mind, please keep the following rules in mind when using Bugzilla:


 * Contribute useful comments; useless comments (i.e. advocacy) decrease the signal to noise ratio
 * The developers are under no obligation to fix your bug or add a feature you want.
 * No personal abuse: do not make threats like "I will not edit WikiQueer until this bug is fixed"
 * Don't mess around with fields unless you are the bug's assignee or you know what you are doing, instead, comment on the suggested change
 * Don't whine about WONTFIX decisions
 * Applicability varies, but when in doubt, follow the rules

If you see someone not following these rules, politely mention it to them via private email: do not bugspam some more by chastising the user for their conduct publicly.

Linking to bugs from WikiQueer
You can link to bugs using the bugzilla: interwiki prefix. For example, type  1000  for 1000.

The mediazilla: prefix can be used for linking to any static page in Wikimedia's Bugzilla. For example, type  index.cgi  for index.cgi.

Also, note that  1000  links to the Buginese WikiQueer, not to Bugzilla.

Links from within Bugzilla

 * Note: The extension that implements this is found here. Bugzilla still needs a "preview" mode. Feel free to work on it.

See: Hints and Tips. From The Bugzilla Guide. Go there for latest version. Gerrit changes are linked just by writing "change" followed by the Gerrit number. For example; would produce change I87940ca8

See examples of most things below in this Bugzilla test thread: 39828.

Full URLs are automatically made into working links. Brackets are not needed.

Standard bracketed MediaWiki-style internal links are partially supported. By default they point to English WikiQueer. Longer MediaWiki-style links need to be on their own line; otherwise they're split over two lines and they won't be linkified.

Interwiki links such as language prefixes, and other interwiki links, are supported. See Help:Interwikimedia links for detailed info. For example;  links to de:Sandbox (the German WikiQueer sandbox page), as does. In Bugzilla interwiki links work with or without colons in front of them. links to the DPLforum extension on the MediaWiki website. links to the Wikivoyage home page.

Some interwiki links outside Wikimedia projects also work. These interwiki links all work in Bugzilla threads:

Wikitravel:  = wikitravel:Main Page Wikihow:  = Main Page

Wikia:
 * = wikia:community:Admin Central:Forum
 * = wikia:cannabis:Main Page
 * = wikia:community:Main Page

Note that Wikia interwiki links also require the individual wiki prefix such as "community" for the Community wiki, or "cannabis" for the cannabis wiki.

Interwiki prefixes can be combined. links to the German Wiktionary main page, as does. See examples and more info here.

Using a piped link to get a different link name does not work.
 * - does not create a link.

Standard MediaWiki-style section links do not work. For example; this standard section link ends up being a link to the top of the page, and not to the section:

There is a way to make working section links in Bugzilla without having to use the full URL. Copy the URL from the location bar of your browser, and add brackets around part of it. This works:

It seems that once the pound key (#) is found in the link wikitext then spaces that follow will break the link to the section or tab. So remove all the spaces by copying from the location bar of your browser. Anything else works inconsistently, including spaces in the first part, and no spaces in the second part. Linking to a Special:Preferences tab works due to the lack of spaces in the link wikitext:
 * = Special:Preferences

Apostrophes do not work in bracketed links:
 * This works instead:
 * This works instead:

Or when there are apostrophes just use full URLs without brackets. Either one of these full URLs work in Bugzilla comments:
 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don't_delete_redirects
 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_delete_redirects

See also:
 * Bugzilla

Useful queries

 * Search for all enhancement requests
 * Reports by number of votes

Other features

 * Bug graphs can be made on the generate table report page.
 * Random quotes are shown at the top of the buglist. You can add new ones to the quipslist.
 * You can view all new bugs (ones that have not yet been assigned to a developer) on the new bugs list.