User blog comment:DaNASCAT/How to Report Bugs to Wikia/@comment-4403232-20140925063657

"If someone brand new to Wikia were to read this would they be able to understand exactly what the issue is?"

I find this to be an EXTREMELY good point to bring up. I've often seen people be way too vague or not specific in helpful ways when describing problems to others, with the assumption that they hold the same knowledge and experiences that they do. Something like "The door most people use in the building doesn't open right" wouldn't mean the same to someone who spends their day on the top floor, coming in first and leaving last, as it would to a receptionist stationed right by the door. Also, this helps against when people incorrectly call things by the wrong term. Suppose you're having a problem with the taskbar on your computer. If you mistakingly call it the desktop, and then go to someone and say "My desktop is disappearing", they won't be able to help you correctly. Things always go both ways: the person you're taking to might not know as much as you think, and you might not actually know as much as you think you do.