Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Before posting
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Newcomers: Please read these guidelines prior to posting on the technical village pump. They contain useful information about where to ask certain things, and what to ask.
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[edit] Developers aren't guaranteed to read this
Although Brion, Tim, Ævar and Rob do read these pages, there's no guarantees that they will see your message; and not all developers read the technical village pump.
[edit] Getting in touch
Developers do take notice of:
In addition, some developers can be found in the IRC channels on Freenode; #mediawiki for software, and #wikimedia-tech for server administration issues.
[edit] Asking sensible questions
No-one can give a decent answer to a poor question. People are incapable of reaching into each other's brains and pulling out the details, and if you can't provide a decent set of information with your query, many won't take the time to bother answering. Consider the wording of the post, and consult Asking Questions the Smart Way, which contains useful tips.
[edit] Bugs and feature requests go on the bug tracker
As noted above, there are no guarantees your post will be seen by a developer and we can't fix things we don't know of. If you're sure you've found a bug, post it on our bug tracker, which is also used for tracking feature and configuration requests.
[edit] Be polite
There might be an issue which prevents you from working, but the developers are largely busy people, all with lives of their own, and all of whom have better things to do than listen to complaints from a rude or uncooperative user. Please be polite, patient, and reasonable when asking questions and responding to our answers.
