Talk:Test automation/Archives/2017

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Possible Citation or Wording Change

I'm not particularly experienced in citing references on Wikipedia. However I looked for the following citation needed tag:

Record and playback also often adds irrelevant activities or incorrectly records some activities.^{[citation needed]}

Now, the source I found doesn't say that specifically, instead it says:

Hit record, click around, then play it back to verify that your web application works as expected. It’s so easy, in fact, that you barely have to think about what you’re actually testing.

Should we rewrite this sentence to instead say "Because recording and playback doesn't require to you think about what you are doing, you may often include actions not necessary for the testing", or would that be editorializing? The source can be found here: http://php.brickhost.com/blog/2013/09/10/avoiding-the-temptation-of-record-and-playback-acceptance-tests/

Honestly I don't know what to do about this tag, as the statement may very well be a truth that people just don't mention very much, so citing it might be impossible as it would be like citing common knowledge. ChthonicOne (talk) 19:24, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. A blog isn't a reliable source (see WP:RS for details on that) but if you want to add a source, you can find information on how to do that at Wikipedia:Citing sources. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:58, 25 March 2017 (UTC)