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Bug 41486 - Bad grammar in new bug entry screen.
Summary: Bad grammar in new bug entry screen.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Infrastructure
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Bugzilla (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High trivial
Assignee: Benjamin Coles
URL: http://bugs.gentoo.org/enter_bug.cgi?...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2004-02-13 10:49 UTC by Dmitriy Shnayder
Modified: 2011-10-30 23:16 UTC (History)
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Description Dmitriy Shnayder 2004-02-13 10:49:07 UTC
After logging in to Bugzilla and clicking the work "New" in the list of actions at the bottom of the screen, I am taken to the guided bug entry screen. Under the "Gentoo Linux" category, I see the following words in bold letters:

If your unsure where your bugs go, then file it here.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log into Bugzilla.
2. Under "Actions" at the bottom of the screen, click "New".

Actual Results:  
I saw the line of text above.

Expected Results:  
The grammatically correct version of the sentence should be:

If you're unsure where your bug goes, then file it here.
Comment 1 Benjamin Coles 2004-02-13 17:31:45 UTC
my english teacher would kill me if she saw that... anyways I fixed it per your request if only I could find a way to convince users to read that, they always stick stupid bugs in Gentoo Bugzilla=P
Comment 2 Dmitriy Shnayder 2004-02-13 18:22:45 UTC
This may not be too important, but the sentence is still incorrect. The current version reads:

If you're unsure where your bugs go, then file it here.

The word "bugs" is plural, but "it" is singular. Since the text for other categories refers to "bugs" in the plural, my previous correction was wrong. The sentence should read:

If you're unsure where your bugs go, then file them here.

The plural "bugs" is now matched with the plural "them". 

As for making users pay attention to the text in the sentence, I suggest increasing the font size to achieve that effect.
Comment 3 Benjamin Coles 2004-02-16 15:49:47 UTC
making the font bigger is not something I'm willing to do, I'll just mutter myself curse words everytime I get bugs filed in the wrong place. I made the change you requested and I'll let you close this one when you're satisfied.
Comment 4 Dmitriy Shnayder 2004-02-16 16:36:29 UTC
The wording is correct now, so I am changing the bug status to fixed.