I have written a draft for the Reporting Bugs guide

[Henry Schaffer]

I lurk on this list - but I've got to briefly emerge to thank Nicholas for
teaching me a new term "bikeshedding". I didn't know this Parkinson's Law.
(For those who also weren't aware
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Parkinsons-law-of-triviality-bikeshedding
)

--henry

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Nicholas Skaggs <
nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com> wrote:

> Alberto, I didn't see the artwork in question as I'm late to the thread.
> However I did look at the guide just now. I don't think you need any
> artwork on the page and as such I have removed it, given it's negative
> response in this thread. I can appreciate all kinds of art, but there's no
> reason to have it in a bug reporting guide. I also believe wiki etiquette
> would dictate that you attach the image, rather than hotlink.
>
> That said, you are certainly free to craft the page under your namespace
> to your liking (within reason). However, as the wiki is intended to be a
> collaborative help guide for ubuntu, I would encourage you to continue your
> efforts to improving the bug reporting guide itself, as opposed to
> bikeshedding about artwork or making yet another page. I suspect you'll
> find conversations on improving the bug reporting guide to be more fruitful
> and receptive.
>
> You may find these useful as well; it's used in conjunction with the
> reporting bugs page for reporting bugs for image testing. It's been
> collaboratively improved by several members into something rather nice.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Overview/Install_Bugs
>
> See for example, the 'find a bug?' header on http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/;
> see how it works and where it links?
>
> Nicholas
>
> P.S. It's nice to see some old and familiar names come through my inbox!
>
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