Last modified: 2014-11-19 00:35:18 UTC
From User:Encyclopedant: The Save dialog should have a link to open a new window to a bug report form. This is a good time to start a bug report because you have what you need at hand to write clearly about the bug. There is no link to report a bug. There is a "leave feedback" item under the ? help link in the editor toolbar, but that's kind of hidden, and it doesn't take you to a real bug report form. There should be a link to open a new window to a bug report form. The link should be explicit that you won't lose what you're doing and that the bug report form will open in a new window.
What is a "real bug report form"?
IMHO, currently that would be https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=VisualEditor&component=General&format=guided . (That would probably need to point to the system which replaces Bugzilla at some point.) At en.wp there's also this link to report bugs through a template right on the feedback page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback&action=edit§ion=new&watchthis=1&preload=Template:VE_Bug2/bug_template , but I think the first solution would be more desirable, especially since the future bug report system should be more user-friendly than the current one.
We can't link them to Bugzilla (or Phabricator) without: * a detailed note about the different privacy policy there, * and that their bug reports must be written in English, * then the system would need to prompt them to create an account, * (which is not part of SUL-authorisation on Bugzilla), * then redirect back to opening a bug, … almost all of which will be written by someone unfamiliar with bug reporting, so they will likely waste a huge amount of time for everyone in re-writing or just closing. I'm minded to say WONTFIX…
I'd assumed that such a link would be the same as the existing feedback link and go to the on-wiki feedback pages (either local or at mediawiki.org).
My second solution, then. Since that template doesn't probably exist elsewhere, my guess is we could copy it onto mediawiki and centralize that kind of feedback there.
