It's funny. We make bug report templates, ostensibly for newbies, but as an experienced software developer I'm pretty careful to fill in the fields if they're offered. I know the pain of a poorly written bug report.
@2ck Are they even ostensibly for newbies' sake though? I know very few developers who could tell me from the top of their head tha information a bug report should contain in broad terms, and remembering to actually use that knowledge in the moment is even more challenging. And thanks to these templates it's not (much of) a problem! So yay!
@timorl To be fair, it's not necessarily for new contributors, just a way to improve the quality of bug reports overall. You're right about even more moderately experienced devs not including basics: 1) what were you doing (including specific steps you took!) 2) what did you expect 3) what actually happened (actual output or screenshots appreciated).