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Meta should have a dedicated category for bug reports, to increase the chance that users will pile onto an existing bug report rather than create new ones.
Even people who can't be bothered to search, are on a platform where searching is painful, or who search ineffectively, might notice a dup report on the first page of a bug category.
I'd disagree here, because I think this is not, how categories should be used. First of all, there shouldn't be too m …
4y ago
We do technically have a dedicated bug reports channel on Github. Rather than making a separate category on Meta, it …
4y ago
I agree. We could benefit from having: - One category for discussing site/network use and features (current Q&A) - O …
4y ago
I think a purely technical bug tracker could be useful, for things that should be working as agreed upon by meta discuss …
4y ago
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I agree. We could benefit from having:
- One category for discussing site/network use and features (current Q&A)
- One category for plain bug reports.
- One category for support requests and beginner help.
- The existing categories for site proposals and blog/info.
There are all non-related and we know from (SE) experience that it doesn't do much good to group them together into one single, unholy mess.
For example, it doesn't make sense to have meta voting on a support request - what does that even mean? "I don't agree that you are having this problem"?
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