3.20161229.1~bpo8+1

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diff --git a/doc/bugs/debbug_shortcut_should_expand_differently.mdwn b/doc/bugs/debbug_shortcut_should_expand_differently.mdwn
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-`\[[debbug 123456]]` expands to "bug #123456", which is hyperlinked. Could you please drop the leading "bug", for two reasons?
+`\[[!debbug 123456]]` expands to "bug #123456", which is hyperlinked. Could you please drop the leading "bug", for two reasons?

 
 First, #123456 is not a bug, it's a bug report. And second, #123456 suffices, doesn't it? By hardcoding the "bug" in there, you make it impossible to start a sentence with a bug number, e.g.:
 
 
 First, #123456 is not a bug, it's a bug report. And second, #123456 suffices, doesn't it? By hardcoding the "bug" in there, you make it impossible to start a sentence with a bug number, e.g.:
 


@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ instead of
   There are problems with code. bug #123456 is a good example of...
 
 Thanks, --[[madduck]]
   There are problems with code. bug #123456 is a good example of...
 
 Thanks, --[[madduck]]

+
+> Tschwinge changed it to expand to "Debian bug #xxxx". Which happens to
+> sidestep the start of sentence problem. I think it makes sense to be
+> explicit about whose bug it is, in general -- but you can always edit the
+> shortcuts page for your own wiki to use something shorter and more
+> implicit. --[[Joey]] [[done]]