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While I was trying to learn what each bug status name meant on
launchpad, I used the following url:

https://help.launchpad.net/Bugs/Statuses

which defined "Confirmed" as:

"Confirmed: a member of the community believes that this report
describes a genuine bug in enough detail that a developer could start
work on a fix."

>From that description, I assumed that I could be considered a "member of
the community" and marked a bug I submitted as confirmed. Later, I
encountered this page on the Ubuntu Wiki:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status

which describes "Confirmed" as:

"Confirmed bugs require confirmation from someone other than the
original reporter"

which leads me to believe that I should not mark my own bugs as
confirmed.

I think that the Ubuntu Wiki description is more clear and that
help.launchpad.net should change its description along the following
lines:

"Confirmed: a member of the community other than the person who reported
the bug believes that this report describes a genuine bug in enough
detail that a developer could start work on a fix."

** Affects: launchpad-documentation
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Matthew Revell (matthew.revell)
         Status: New


** Tags: help
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Important difference in explanation of Bug statuses between Ubuntu Wiki and Launchpad Help
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/320100
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