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authorJake Howard <git@theorangeone.net>2026-03-11 11:35:26 +0000
committerJacob Walls <jacobtylerwalls@gmail.com>2026-03-20 17:46:33 -0400
commitd9adcfbd5e3ba5859cc0ce6e2e67f533efbc8f9b (patch)
tree7e1d6077e88159f420801ca8dde33d45bf1eafd4 /docs
parent994fa7780d73f6d618dc3a03339e96b5353b4e71 (diff)
Made it clear that unreviewed tickets shouldn't be claimed or started.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt4
-rw-r--r--docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt11
-rw-r--r--docs/spelling_wordlist2
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
index cb5ef6b200..40b59c3f41 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ The ticket has not been reviewed by anyone who felt qualified to make a
judgment about whether the ticket contained a valid issue or ought to be closed
for any reasons. Unreviewed tickets appear in the "triage" queue.
+Unreviewed tickets may receive additional refinement before being accepted.
+Unless you are both the author of the ticket and intending to submit a patch,
+unreviewed tickets should not be :ref:`claimed <claiming-tickets>`.
+
Accepted
--------
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt
index f0a41ea954..288a50fc76 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ requests without a Trac ticket.
See the :doc:`/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git` for more
details on how to use pull requests.
+.. _claiming-tickets:
+
"Claiming" tickets
==================
@@ -40,13 +42,14 @@ and time availability), claim it by following these steps:
`ticket tracker`_. Remember that proposals for new features should follow
the :ref:`process for suggesting new features <requesting-features>`.
-* If a ticket for this issue already exists, make sure nobody else has
- claimed it. To do this, look at the "Owned by" section of the ticket.
- If it's assigned to "nobody," then it's available to be claimed.
+* If a ticket for this issue already exists and has been accepted, make sure
+ nobody else has claimed it. To do this, look at the "Owned by" section of
+ the ticket. If it's assigned to "nobody," then it's available to be claimed.
Otherwise, somebody else may be working on this ticket. Either find another
bug/feature to work on, or contact the developer working on the ticket to
offer your help. If a ticket has been assigned for weeks or months without
- any activity, it's probably safe to reassign it to yourself.
+ any activity, it's probably safe to reassign it to yourself. If a ticket
+ hasn't been approved yet, join the conversation.
* Log into your account, if you haven't already, by clicking "GitHub Login"
or "DjangoProject Login" in the upper left of the ticket page. Once logged
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist b/docs/spelling_wordlist
index fdd12a3f1f..1aa456b91a 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ unpythonic
Unregisters
unrendered
unreproducible
-Unreviewed
+unreviewed
unsanitized
unselected
unsets