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Bugzilla "Assigned To: Nobody" field confusing: Clicking it does not provide action like "take"
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In this Bugzilla installation, many bugs read:

Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!

Where "Nobody - You can work on this!" is an e-mail address link to wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org. This seems pretty confusing. Wouldn't you naturally think that a "you can work on this!" link would tell you how to work on this(!)?

It may make sense to re-target or remove this link. Submitted for consideration.

Version: wmf-deployment
Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=802269

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Lowest.Nov 22 2014, 2:59 AM
• bzimport added a project: Wikimedia-Bugzilla.
• bzimport set Reference to bz61985.
• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).
• MZMcBride created this task.Feb 27 2014, 4:44 AM
• Aklapper added a comment.Feb 27 2014, 11:43 AM

Very valid point, yeah, but not sure how to implement this.
There is a "take" link displayed for those who have editbugs.

Nemo_bis added a comment.Feb 27 2014, 12:10 PM

Is there anything that makes the address invalid and hence unlinked by bugzilla?

• Aklapper added a comment.Mar 6 2014, 3:47 PM

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=802269 has some related discussion.

• Aklapper closed this task as Declined.Nov 23 2014, 11:40 PM

Wikimedia has migrated from Bugzilla to Phabricator. Learn more about it here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/versus_Bugzilla - This task does not make sense anymore in the concept of Phabricator, hence closing as declined.

• Aklapper mentioned this in T89723: Add a call to action to the empty assignee field?.Feb 17 2015, 5:15 PM
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