From e1bb3f704359f9148b38ee6bb031e6d9e5268f07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 05:06:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Minor improvements to how-to-bug-fix.md

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 how-to-bugfix.md | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/how-to-bugfix.md b/how-to-bugfix.md
index bb2b5687f..acaa96877 100644
--- a/how-to-bugfix.md
+++ b/how-to-bugfix.md
@@ -1,31 +1,39 @@
-# How to fix an IOCCC entry
+# How to submit a fix to an IOCCC entry
 
-If you see a problem with an IOCCC entry, first check the
-[known bugs](bugs.md) file.  In some cases what you might think
-of as a bug is instead a known feature.  On some cases the
-bug is known, but no fix has ever been submitted.  In other
-cases you may have found a new problem.
+If you see a problem with an IOCCC entry, first check the [known bugs](bugs.md)
+file.  In some cases what you might think of as a bug is instead a known
+feature.  In some cases the bug is known, but no fix has ever been submitted.
+In other cases you may have found a new problem.
 
-If you do have a fix, and the [known bugs](bugs.md) file **does
-not recommend against fixing it**, then please opening a [GitHub pull
+If you do have a fix, and the [known bugs](bugs.md) file **does not recommend
+against fixing it**, then please consider opening a [GitHub pull
 request](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/pulls) against the master
 [branch](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/branches) of the [ioccc-src/winner
 repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) repo.
 
-BTW: A **problem** is not limited to the code itself.  Fixing typos in files such
-as "_README.md_" files, fixing issues in a "_Makefile_", or otherwise correcting an
-IOCCC winner is **VERY MUCH WELCOME**!  Please use the same [GitHub pull
-request](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/pulls) process against the master
-[branch](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/branches) of the [ioccc-src/winner
-repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) repo.
+BTW: A **problem** is not limited to the code itself.  Fixing typos in files
+such as "_README.md_" files, fixing issues in a "_Makefile_", or otherwise
+correcting an IOCCC winner is **VERY MUCH WELCOME**!  Please use the same
+[GitHub pull request](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/pulls) process against
+the master [branch](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/branches) of the
+[ioccc-src/winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) repo.
 
-**Please help us fix typos and / or otherwise improve the write-up** of
-how IOCCC winning entries are presented!
+NOTE: some of the issues in the [bugs.md](/bugs.md) file includes just missing
+files and we welcome these too!
 
-And of course, an IOCCC winner's may update their own entries
+**Please also help us fix typos and / or otherwise improve the write-up** of how
+IOCCC winning entries are presented!
+
+In any event we will happily add you to the
+[thanks-for-fixes.md](/thanks-for-fixes.md) file for your help!
+
+And of course, an IOCCC winner may update their own entries
 (metadata as well as source code and any extra files) by opening a
 [GitHub pull request](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/pulls)
 against the master [branch](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/branches)
 of the [ioccc-src/winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner)
 repo.
-e
+
+Note that we're much more inclined to accept an author's fixes but the judges
+have the final say in the matter.
+