How to report a bug/ksh

These guidelines explain how to write a good bug report or feature request in Wikimedia's bugtracker (see for more information). Effective bug reports are the most likely to be fixed.

Koote Ämfählonge för Fählerbereeschte

 * Bes jenou!
 * Donn Schrett för Schrett opschrihve, wat De jenou jedonn häs.
 * För jehdes Problehm schriiv ene eije Bereesch!

Kanns De dat norr_en hen krijje?
Try to reproduce your bug using a recent version of the software, to see whether it has already been fixed. If the bug is on a wiki site like Wikipedia you could try testing the latest software version on test2.wikipedia.org.

Hädd_ene andere dat alld jemälldt?
Use the search box of Wikimedia's bugtracker to see if your bug has already been reported. You can also perform more advanced searches on the advanced search page.

Ene Fähler udder ene Verbäßerongswonsch mällde
Wann De en Fähler ene aktoälle Väsjohn fengks, un et sühd esu uß, wi wann dä noch keine andere jemälldt hä, dann:
 * 1) Go to phabricator.wikimedia.org and click "Maniphest" in the side bar.
 * 2) Choose "Create task" in the upper corner.
 * 3) Do wehß jefrohch, Desch enzelogge, udder neu aanzemällde, falls De dat noch nit jedonn häs. Loor op „“
 * 4) Föll winneschsdens heh di Vällder uß:
 * 5) * Title: A short one-sentence summary that explains the problem (not your suggested solution).
 * 6) ** Johd:
 * 7) ** Schlääsch:
 * 8) * Assigned to: You should ignore this field: Developers will set an assignee when they plan to work on the task.
 * 9) * CC: You should ignore this field: If you know specific users who will be interested in getting notified of this task you can add them here.
 * 10) * Priority: You should ignore this field: In general, the priority is set by developers who plan to work on the task (see Setting priorities).
 * 11) * Select the project(s) in which you've found the bug:
 * 12) **Projects are how developers find tasks to work on. To identify the right project(s), use the search function (in the top right) to find its description.
 * 13) **This could be for example the project for the wiki software itself, or  for configuration changes on a Wikimedia site (see "").
 * 14) * Security: Set this to "Security or Sensitive bug" if many users could be harmed by the security problem that you are reporting. Your report will be kept hidden from the public until it is resolved.
 * 15) * Description: Full details of the issue, giving as much detail as possible. This can include:
 * 16) ** För Fähler:
 * 17) *** Steps to Reproduce: Minimized, easy-to-follow steps that will trigger the described problem. Include any special setup steps.
 * Beijschpell:
 * 1) *** Wat verhaftesch eruß kohm: Wat de Aanwändong dann jedonn hät.
 * Beijschpell:
 * 1) ***Wat De äwahd häs: Wat de Aanwändong sullt jedonn han.
 * Beijschpell:
 * 1) ** Beij Verbäßerongswönsch
 * 2) *** Schrihv op, wat De äreijsch han wells, un woröm. En Jescheesch es och ene johde Wähsch, dat ze donn.
 * E Beijschpell:
 * 1) **Please also provide any other information that might be useful, such as:
 * 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) *To attach a log file or (but make sure that no confidential data is included or shown), click the Upload File button (a cloud with an arrow) in the tool bar of the Description field.
 * 1) *** Schrihv op, wat De äreijsch han wells, un woröm. En Jescheesch es och ene johde Wähsch, dat ze donn.
 * E Beijschpell:
 * 1) **Please also provide any other information that might be useful, such as:
 * 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) *To attach a log file or (but make sure that no confidential data is included or shown), click the Upload File button (a cloud with an arrow) in the tool bar of the Description field.
 * 1) *To attach a log file or (but make sure that no confidential data is included or shown), click the Upload File button (a cloud with an arrow) in the tool bar of the Description field.

Check if your report is complete, then press the "Create Task" button. Your 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!

Reporting a JavaScript bug
When you encounter a bug that may be related to JavaScript, do your best to identify error messages and copy them into the bug report.

It's especially important to provide all the information you have, because even the system administrators will have zero access to any error log. If you are unsure whether a feature you are using is based on JavaScript, try disabling JavaScript.

It's always helpful to include a screenshot with your report. It's often the easiest way to identify which feature you're talking about, and can often provide information which can help narrow down the error. Take care to hide any information you don't want to share, like other open browsers tabs or minimised chat windows.

Loor och heh

 * Wi mer Fähler johd mälldt vum Simon Tatham
 * Wikipedia: Fähler mällde un Verbäßeronge vörschlonn
 * Phabricator etiquette
 * Bug management/Bug report life cycle
 * Writing a good bug report or feature request
 * How to create a good first Bug Report (outdated)