Reporting

                                Reporting

 Reporting is a way to make ideas you have or errors
 you find in the game known to the wizards so they can
 investigate them and act as necessary. To report, you use
 one of 4 commands made especially for that purpose,
 depending on the nature of your report. The commands will
 place you in an editor where you can type your report. To
 end your report and exit the editor type a point . in the
 beginning of an empty line.

 Whenever you send us a report, your name, location
 and the time will AUTOMATICALLY be included for us to
 see. Also, when you send the report, it will be echoed onto
 the screen of every wizard in the game.  So don't ask
 immediately afterwards "Did you see my report?". We did.
 The administrators read ALL reports.

 The idea with reporting things this way is that
 wizards can read and act when they have the time. Wizards,
 especially arches and higher, are often very busy. Just
 because you say something on a channel, it doesn't mean that
 they see it. Especially bugs should ALWAYS be reported with 
 the appropriate commands unless you are specifically 
 told by a wizard not to do so.

The 3 different commands for reporting are:

'bug' 

 Use this to report anything that is an actual error in
 the game. You might get an error message from doing
 something, or something might not work they way it should,
 or something else. Bugs come in many different guises. You
 are OBLIGED to use this command to report any error you
 find, and failure to do so can lead to punishment if the bug
 is big or abuseable.  If you don't know whether something is
 a bug or not, and there is no wizard who can tell you,
 report it anyway. We rather have reports about things that
 aren't bugs than no reports about things that are.

 NOTE: if your report concerns a specific object in the room
 where you are, you can type 'bug create <object>', eg 'bug create orc' to
 start the report. This will include the filename of that
 object into your report, making it easier for us to find.

'typo' 

 This is for reports about misspelling or bad grammar
 anywhere in the mud (usually room descriptions).

'praise' 

 For praising an immortal (or all) for some feature you find
 especially delightful. Don't hesitate to use it if you think
 something is well done; praise from mortals can cheer up the
 grumpy old wizards' days considerably.

 Remember: do not hesitate to report something if you
 think it should be reported. Especially bugs, which you are
 obliged to report.  If you think something is wrong, don't
 just talk about it on a channel or to your friends, report
 it so that the wizards see. This also goes if you think the
 game in unbalanced in any way or aspect.

See also: 'help who to ask'