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 web browsers, skins, or computer systems you've seen the bug on;
 * 3) ***links or diffs to one or more pages where you encountered the bug; or
 * 4) ***whether the problem appears every time, only occasionally, only on certain pages, or only in specific circumstances.
 * 5) *Attachment: You may attach a log file or (but make sure that no confidential data is included or shown).
 * Example:
 * 1) **Please provide onie ither information that micht be uissfu ava, like:
 * 2) ***the web browsers, skins, or computer systems you've seen the bug on;
 * 3) ***links or diffs to one or more pages where you encountered the bug; or
 * 4) ***whether the problem appears every time, only occasionally, only on certain pages, or only in specific circumstances.
 * 5) *Attachment: You may attach a log file or (but make sure that no confidential data is included or shown).
 * 1) *Attachment: You may attach a log file or (but make sure that no confidential data is included or shown).

Check if your report is complete, then press the "Submit bug" button. Your bug report will now be in the database and somebody will hopefully take a look at it soon.

That's all! Thanks for your help to improve MediaWiki and Wikimedia projects!