Forum:How to verify or not-verify a bug?

I see in the suggested "Notable bugs" policy, the idea is to put a "Verify" tag in, and if two editors don't verify it, remove the bug when the tag runs out. However, it's really not clear what an editor is supposed to do to mark it as verified, and meanwhile people are making their own rules. I see people removing verify tags because they've "verified" the bug. Or they put "(verified on PC)" in the text at the end of the bug. Or they add a comment.

And what if you go in and test the steps someone has mentioned and cannot verify the bug. In some cases the bug might be intermittent, but in other cases people assert some really strange things, and it's kind of easy to show that it's just not true.

Anyway, I'm curious if there are standards for this kind of thing, or if people have their own strategy, or if it's just the usual kind of thing for wikis: try to use your best judgment? Dmunsil 04:06, November 22, 2010 (UTC)

Most of the time verify tags are on bugs that seem like they, at least should be, repeatable. Though this isn't always the case. I'm not really sure either what the protocol is to verify something but it seems to be to remove the tag and say something about it on the talk page, not the wiki itself. If you do say something on the wiki, use the tags that make your text invisible. --Pongsifu 04:52, November 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Should really be discussed in the pages own talk page, that way more can be said than just verified etc and you can also determine how many people have verified it etc. Avatar 20:26, November 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Generally Avatar and pongsifu have the right idea about it, but standard policy is to place the Platform symbol using the Platform template to show that it's been confirmed, but often times anons will place the Template on a bug regardless of whether or not it's been confirmed by more than 1 person so Putting on the talk page how the person confirmed it would be a good idea, generally we are still working on the Bug Policy, and The Bug Verification project is how we are Funneling this new policy idea so any and all ideas are still open. Regards -bleep196- 16:13, November 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah you really can't trust the platforms template to tell if a bug has been verified. Perhaps it would be useful to put some optional parameters into the verify template, like "verify1" and "verify2", and as people verify the bug they can add the additional parameters. Or a separate template that produces a second piece of text reading "verified PC" or "verified 360" at the end. --Don 18:14, November 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * If you going to do that, you can already display it with a combination of 2 templates after the verify. example:
 * The issue is that not all contributers know about templates or the proper use of them. Thats why I prefer the talk page as formatting, templates, knowledge of policy etc is no required for a person to contribute and discuss. Avatar 18:32, November 23, 2010 (UTC)