How to report a bug/sco

Thir guidelines explain hou tae write ae guid bug report or featur request in Wikimedia's bugtracker (see fer mair information). Effecteeve bug reports ar the maist likelie tae be fixt.

Gie the new guided form ae shot tae file bugs!



Quick recommendations fer reports

 * Be precise
 * Be clear: explain hou tae reproduce the proablem, step bi step, sae that ithers can reproduce the bug
 * Incluid yinlie the ae proablem per report

Can ye reproduce the issue?
Gie reproduicin yer bug ae shot uisin ae recynt version o the safware, tae see whither it haes awreadie been fixt. Gif the bug is oan ae wiki steid like Wikipædia ye coud gie testin the latest saffware version ae shot oan [//test2.wikipedia.org test2.wikipedia.org].

Haes some ither bodie awreadie reported the issue?
Uise the rake kist oan bugzilla.wikimedia.org tae see gif yer bug haes awreadie been reported. Ye can dae mair advanced rakes oan the rake page ava.

Reportin ae new bug or featur request
Gif ye'v faced ae bug in ae recynt version n nae ither bodie appears tae'v reported it, than:
 * 1) Gan til bugzilla.wikimedia.org.
 * 2) Chuise "Enter a new bug".
 * 3) Ye'll be speired tae log in (or register) gif ye'v na awreadie dun sae (see "").
 * 4) Select the product whaur in ye'v foond the bug:
 * This coud be fer example fer the wiki saffware itsel, or  fer confeeguration chynges o the Wikimedia wiki steids.
 * 1) Fil oot at least the follaein fields:
 * 2) * Componant: The pairt o the saffware the bug happens in. Oan the richt ye can see descreeptions fer ilka componant. Gif nane seem appropreeate, uise.
 * 3) * Severitie: Gif ye request ae new featur, please set the severitie til.
 * 4) * Ootline: Ae short yin-sentence ootline that explains the proablem (na yer suggested solution).
 * 5) ** Guid:
 * 6) ** Bad:
 * 7) * Descreeption: Ful details o the issue, giein aes muckle detail aes possible. This can incluid:
 * 8) ** Steps tae Reproduce: Makit-smaaest, easie-tae-follae steps that will trigger the descreebed proablem. Incluid onie byordinair setup steps.
 * Example:
 * 1) ** Actual Ootcomes: Whit the appleecation did efter performin the abuin steps.
 * Example:
 * 1) **Expected Ootcomes: Whit the appleecation shid hae dun, gif thaur wis nae bug.
 * Example:
 * 1) **Please provide onie ither information that micht be uissfu ava, like:
 * 2) ***the wab brousers, skins, or computer systems that ye'v seen the bug oan;
 * 3) ***links or diffs til yin or mair pages whaur ye encountered the bug; or
 * 4) ***whither the proablem kiths ilka time, yinlie occasionlie, yinlie oan certain pages, or yinlie in speceefeec circumstances.
 * 5) *Attachmant: Ye micht attach ae log file or (bit be sair that nae confidential data is incluidit or shawn).
 * Example:
 * 1) **Please provide onie ither information that micht be uissfu ava, like:
 * 2) ***the wab brousers, skins, or computer systems that ye'v seen the bug oan;
 * 3) ***links or diffs til yin or mair pages whaur ye encountered the bug; or
 * 4) ***whither the proablem kiths ilka time, yinlie occasionlie, yinlie oan certain pages, or yinlie in speceefeec circumstances.
 * 5) *Attachmant: Ye micht attach ae log file or (bit be sair that nae confidential data is incluidit or shawn).
 * 1) *Attachmant: Ye micht attach ae log file or (bit be sair that nae confidential data is incluidit or shawn).

Check gif yer report is compleate, than press the "Submit bug" (<>) button. Yer bug report will nou be in the database n somebodie will hopefulie tak ae luik at it suin.

That's it! Thanks fer yer heelp tae impruiv MediaWiki n Wikimedia waurks!

See ava

 * Hou tae Report Bugs Effecteevelie bi Simon Tatham
 * The BugZilla sang
 * Wikipædia: Bug reports n featur requests