diff --git a/1984/laman/README.md b/1984/laman/README.md
index 6c138c1d6..93382da10 100644
--- a/1984/laman/README.md
+++ b/1984/laman/README.md
@@ -10,17 +10,6 @@ make all
 ```
 
 
-### Bugs and (Mis)features
-
-The current status of this entry is:
-
-```
-STATUS: known bug - please help us fix
-```
-
-For more detailed information see [1984 laman in bugs.md](/bugs.md#1984-laman).
-
-
 ## To use:
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/1984/laman/laman.c b/1984/laman/laman.c
index 758e4480c..eba619be4 100644
--- a/1984/laman/laman.c
+++ b/1984/laman/laman.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 a[900];		b;c;d=1		;e=1;f;		g;h;O;		main(k,
-l)char*		*l;{g=		atoi(*		++l);		for(k=
+l)char*		*l;{if(k>1)	{g=atoi(*	++l);		for(k=
 0;k*k<		g;b=k		++>>1)		;for(h=		0;h*h<=
 g;++h);		--h;c=(		(h+=g>h		*(h+1))		-1)>>1;
 while(d		<=g){		++O;for		(f=0;f<		O&&d<=g
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ while(d		<=g){		++O;for		(f=0;f<		O&&d<=g
 b){if(b		<k/2)a[		b<<5|c]		^=a[(k		-(b+1))
 <<5|c]^=	a[b<<5		|c]^=a[		(k-(b+1		))<<5|c]
 ;printf(	a[b<<5|c	]?"%-4d"	:"    "		,a[b<<5
-|c]);}		putchar(	'\n');}}	/*Mike		Laman*/
+|c]);}		putchar(	'\n');}}}	/*Mike		Laman*/
diff --git a/bugs.md b/bugs.md
index 88adbd033..401783f9f 100644
--- a/bugs.md
+++ b/bugs.md
@@ -394,19 +394,15 @@ An example where a crash is not a bug: [2019/endoh](2019/endoh/endoh.c) is
 supposed to crash. There are others that are also supposed to crash or that are
 known to segfault but are considered features.
 
-As of 10 April 2023 the definition changed for a second time (the first time was
-07 April 2023). If something is noted by the author as a known bug or limitation
-it need not be fixed **unless it impacts the usability** of the program or **it removes
-instructional value**. An example where a crash undocumented needn't be fixed is
-[1984/laman](1984/laman/laman.c).  On the other hand the fixes made by [Cody
-Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) in
-[1990/theorem](1990/theorem/theorem.c) were useful.
+An important note is that if the README.md of the entry has a bug status that
+says it can be fixed it can be. Otherwise it should not be.
 
 Nonetheless we challenge you to fix these entries for educational/instructional
 value and/or enjoyment but we kindly request that you **DO NOT** submit a pull
-request! If you can't figure it out you're invited to look at the git diffs,
-where there are some (some were fixed earlier on but rolled back as both Cody
-and Landon individually felt that the fix was tampering with the entry).
+request unless it's a bug or (mis)feature we would like you to fix! If you can't
+figure it out you're invited to look at the git diffs, where there are some
+(some were fixed earlier on but rolled back as both Cody and Landon individually
+felt that the fix was tampering with the entry).
 
 NOTE: in the case of `gets()` we've fixed some to avoid the warning of the
 compiler, linker or even during runtime, depending on the system. In [some cases
@@ -466,24 +462,15 @@ $ ./decot
 without a newline after the `\`. This is not a bug.
 
 
-## 1984 laman
-
-### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
-### Source code: [1984/laman/laman.c](1984/laman/laman.c)
-### Information: [1984/laman/README.md](1984/laman/README.md)
-
-This entry will very likely crash or do something else if you run it without an
-arg. It likely won't do anything at all if the arg is not a positive number.
-
-
 ## 1984 mullender
 
 ### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
 ### Source code: [1984/mullender/mullender.c](1984/mullender/mullender.c)
 ### Information: [1984/mullender/README.md](1984/mullender/README.md)
 
-Although there are two alt versions added by Cody that will work in modern
-systems, if you do not have a [VAX-11](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX-11) or
+Although there is an alt version and supplementary program added by Cody that
+will work in modern systems, if you do not have a
+[VAX-11](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX-11) or
 [PDP-11](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11) to run the original entry on it
 will not work. See the README.md for details on the alternate versions.
 
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index dcbea0674..d0fca688d 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ CHALLENGING bug fixes** like
 (all **EXTREMELY CHALLENGING**), fixing entries to work with clang (some being
 **EXTREMELY CHALLENGING** like
 [1991/dds](/thanks-for-fixes.md#1991dds-readmemd)) or as much as possible (like
-[1989/westley](/thanks-for-fixes.md#1989westley-readmemd) which is **INCREDIBLY
-HARD, _MUCH, MUCH MORE SO_ than any other fix!**), porting entries to macOS (some being
-**EXTREMELY CHALLENGING** like
+[1989/westley](/thanks-for-fixes.md#1989westley-readmemd), a true masterpiece
+that is **INCREDIBLY HARD, _MUCH, MUCH MORE SO_ than any other fix!**), porting
+entries to macOS (some being **EXTREMELY CHALLENGING** like
 [1998/schweikh1](/thanks-for-fixes.md#1998schweikh1-readmemd)), fixing code like
 [2001/herrmann2](/thanks-for-fixes.md#2001herrmann2-readmemd) to work in both
 32-bit/64-bit which *can be* **EXTREMELY CHALLENGING**, providing alternate code
@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ To see the difference from start to fixed:
 cd 1984/decot ; make diff_orig_prog
 ```
 
+## [1984/laman](1984/laman/laman.c) ([README.md](1984/laman/README.md]))
+
+Cody fixed this to not crash when no arg is specified. Note that if the arg is
+not a positive number it will not do anything useful or anything at all.
+
+This was fixed on 30 October 2023 after the bug status was changed from INABIAF
+(it's not a bug it's a feature) to bug.
+
+
 ## [1984/mullender](1984/mullender/mullender.c) ([README.md](1984/mullender/README.md]))
 
 Cody provided an [alternate version](1984/mullender/mullender.alt.c), an
@@ -1131,7 +1140,7 @@ from stdin after starting the program). Ideally `fgets()` would be used but this
 is a more problematic.  Previously it had a buffer size of 256 which could
 easily overflow. In this entry `gets()` is used in a more complicated way:
 first `m` is set to `*++p` in a for loop where `p` is argv. Later `m` is set to
-point to `h` which was of size \256. `gets()` is called as `m = gets(m)`) but
+point to `h` which was of size 256. `gets()` is called as `m = gets(m)`) but
 trying to change it to use `fgets()` proved more a problem. Since the input must
 come from the command line Cody changed the buffer size to `ARG_MAX+1` which
 should be enough (again theoretically) especially since the command expects
@@ -1139,6 +1148,9 @@ redirecting a dictionary file as part of the command line. This also makes it
 possible for longer strings to be read (in case the `gets()` was not used in a
 loop).
 
+Cody also added the [mkdict.sh](1992/gson/mkdict.sh) script that the author
+included in their remarks. See the README.md for its purpose. It was NOT fixed
+for ShellCheck because the author deliberately obfuscated it.
 
 ## [1992/kivinen](1992/kivinen/kivinen.c) ([README.md](1992/kivinen/README.md]))