Closed Bug 275197 Opened 20 years ago Closed 19 years ago

[Policy] Unhelpful extension descriptions

Categories

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Administration, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 245198

People

(Reporter: mozilla3eran, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041111 Firefox/1.0 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041111 Firefox/1.0 A large fraction of the extension descriptions do not provide a reasonable idea about what the extension does. Among the faults are: - Insufficient information about what the extension does - Unreadable formatting - Listing only (or mostly) the "new in this version" details - Unparsable language - Using obscure technical terms without explaining them A few random examples: https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=387&vid=1266 https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=420 https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=418&vid=1378 https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=377&vid=1371 Often, the extension homepage does little to further clarify it (e.g., it's a personal homepage without further technical information, or is in a foreign language, or its content suffers from the same problems). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Suggestions for improving things: Provide extension authors with guidelines (for both content and style) and templates for writing the description of their extension in an helpful way. Require extension authors to submit extension descriptions following the above as a condition for being entered into the database, and exercise editorial judgment. Alert the authors of currently listed extensions to the new guidelines, and ask them to update their descriptions. Provide some technical means for web visitors to easily express their bewilderment (e.g., a "report a problem with this entry" link).
I'm not seeing anything code-wise here, this is policy only, changing component.
Assignee: psychoticwolf → nobody
Component: Web Site → Administration
Target Milestone: 1.0 → ---
Summary: Unhelpful extension descriptions → [Policy] Unhelpful extension descriptions
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 245198 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: addons.mozilla.org → addons.mozilla.org Graveyard
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