Bug 8551 – Add warning next to "Commit" button to avoid noise

Bug 8551 - Add warning next to "Commit" button to avoid noise


Summary:	Add warning next to "Commit" button to avoid noise

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	maemo.org Website
Component:	Bugzilla
Version:	5.0
Platform:	All Maemo

Importance:	Unspecified blocker with 2 votes (vote)
Target Milestone:	Bugzilla3.4-Update
Assigned To:	Andre Klapper
QA Contact:	Ferenc Szekely

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Blocks:
	Show dependency tree

Reported:	2010-01-26 17:12 UTC by Andre Klapper
Modified:	2010-11-30 18:34 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Andre Klapper (reporter) maemo.org

2010-01-26 17:12:49 UTC

As proposed by Fredrik Wendt:

EXACT STEPS LEADING TO PROBLEM: 
1. See lots of useless Bugzilla comments


Suggestion:
Add the following HTML to the bug view template, right next to/above the
Submit button:

<p>If your comment doesn't add any valuable new information, please go to the
<a href="http://talk.maemo.org">forum</a> and/or click "Vote for this bug" here
instead. This helps keep developers developing instead of reading mail.</p>

Comment 1 Murray Cumming 2010-01-26 19:44:40 UTC

I think the warning should explicitly say "This is not a general discussion
forum." and maybe link to talk.maemo.org, because it really does look like a
forum to regular users who have never seen a bug tracker before. I think it's
entirely understandable that people treat it like an informal chat forum while
there's nothing to tell them otherwise.

Comment 2 tuukka.tolvanen nokia

2010-01-30 03:15:16 UTC

BRING ON THE BIKESHED

...the original wording can probably be improved on a bit, the assumed "your
comment doesn't add any valuable new information" sounds like an invitation to
stick it to the man :)

Here's an iteration: """This is not a general discussion forum. Each comment
should add new information to help in resolving the issue. To show your
support, see "Vote for this bug" above; to discuss, see <a
href="http://talk.maemo.org/">the forums</a>
instead."""

but then, anything but <a href>Please read before commenting</a> gets a bit
wordy for that space

Comment 3 David King 2010-09-20 12:07:24 UTC

Should be fixed in Subversion, revision 87 (needs testing):

https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php?view=revision&root=bugs&revision=87

with the text:

This is not a general discussion forum. To show your support, see "Vote for
this bug" above; to discuss, see <a href="http://talk.maemo.org/">the
forums</a> instead.

Comment 4 Andre Klapper (reporter) maemo.org

2010-09-20 12:14:16 UTC

Thanks! :)

Comment 5 Andre Klapper (reporter) maemo.org

2010-11-30 18:34:34 UTC

This is fixed by the maemo.org Bugzilla update to 3.4 that took place on 23/24
Nov 2010.