Should I create an article in the Wiki to document a bug?[SOLVED]

ezequiel.ezb · 2017-10-14 18:17:47

I had been fighting with a terrible bug with PCSXR that only seems to happen if you have a very specific video card's family.
This bug renders the emulator unusable. It happens, however, that someone has just showed me how to fix it, you only edit a single byte in a configuration file and it works.

I thought it to be absolutely important to document it, to save other people from going through the same headache, so I for the PCSXR article add the information and a found no article in our wiki whatsoever.

Now, I'm used to edit wikis from many different communities, but I never created an article.

So I'm thinking about creating it, but I wanted some guidelines, since at least for now I'm not really willing to add tons of informations about this PCSX. I may of course add something in the future, but for now I just wanted to explain how to fix that specific bug.

So, what am I recommended to do, do I create a new article or add the information somewhere else?

If Yes, what is some advice besides the ones found in the "Contributing" section of the wiki?

Last edited by ezequiel.ezb (2017-10-14 19:30:13)

graysky · 2017-10-14 18:19:52

Is there a related wiki page, perhaps for the video card or the driver?

ezequiel.ezb · 2017-10-14 18:38:36

Nope, the only page somewhat related to the driver is Xorg's page, which seems not to be the adequate place to talk about it anyways.

Last edited by ezequiel.ezb (2017-10-14 18:41:18)

jasonwryan · 2017-10-14 18:42:38

I have no idea what PCXSR is, but if there isn't already a page, creating one for a single tip seems overkill. Perhaps include it in your namespace and then you can add to it over time and, if it reaches a decent size, we can move it to its own page.

ezequiel.ezb · 2017-10-14 19:10:10

Ok, that seems like a good idea. However, I'd like to know what my "namespace" is. Sorry for the noob question, but I'm yet to get deeper into the community jargon.

Thanks

jasonwryan · 2017-10-14 19:16:27

When you create a wiki account, you will have a page associated with your username: ezequiel.ezb, you can then create pages in that space, eg, ezequiel.ezb/PCSXR

progandy · 2017-10-14 19:18:26

Here is an example of a user page with a few subpages:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Lahwaacz

You can get to your user page by clicking on your name in the top right menu (left from Talk, Preferences)

ezequiel.ezb · 2017-10-14 19:29:14

jasonwryan wrote:

I have no idea what PCSXR is

It's an open source playstation 1 emulator.

jasonwryan wrote:

When you create a wiki account, you will have a page associated with your username: ezequiel.ezb, you can then create pages in that space, eg, ezequiel.ezb/PCSXR

Ok, got it. I think it will be better this way, I'll add information pertaining the emulator as time goes

progandy wrote:

Here is an example of a user page with a few subpages:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Lahwaacz
You can get to your user page by clicking on your name in the top right menu (left from Talk, Preferences)

Thank you, now I get what you mean, I did not know I could do this.

Thanks.

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Should I create an article in the Wiki to document a bug?[SOLVED]

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Re: Should I create an article in the Wiki to document a bug?[SOLVED]

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Re: Should I create an article in the Wiki to document a bug?[SOLVED]

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