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Tech News: 2017-27
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 * There was a problem with maps on Wikimedia wikis that used  when you clicked on the link to another map service. Open Street Map or Google Maps are examples of other map services. If you had marked a place on the map the marker would not be in the same place on the other map service. It was in the middle of the map. This has now been fixed.

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 * Very old and inactive unpublished translations in the Content Translation database will be removed. This is because of technical maintenance. If you have not worked on a translation after 1 January 2016 you will lose it after 6 July. If you want to keep the unfinished translation you need to open it before 6 July with the Content Translation tool. You can continue working on it later. Translations that were started or have been worked on after 1 January 2016 will not be affected.
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RonBot
Bot has been approved Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot, thanks for your help Ron h jones (Talk) 22:46, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Can the resize function be delayed?
As most of what DatBot seems to be doing with regards to image resizes as tagged by, who is tagged automagically through AWB at a rapid pace, can it be possible to make sure DatBot doesn't resize until at least a week from tagging passes? While 95% of what Ronhjones tags do meet the informal 0.1 megapixle image size guides (which is not a requirement), there are images that are exceed 0.1MP that are getting caught up in this tagging that have rationals to explain why they are larger and thus should not be reduced. As I understand from previous discussions with Ronhjones, if the non-free reduce tag is removed by an editor after they place it, they won't retag it, but right not I see DatBot operating under a day once the tag is placed, which is not enough time to contest that. We need to give editors more time (more than a day) to remove that tagging. Basically as once DatBot operates on adding the reduced image (and thus tagging for image cleanup to remove the original size), undoing the action requires admin interventions. Editors should have more time to contest the non-free reduce tag addition, hence why adding a delay of 7 days before doing it makes sense, to be consistent with other "contested" issues. --M ASEM (t) 03:57, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Sounds like there is a parameter that has rationale as to why they should not be reduced? If that is true, the bot can look for the parameter. If that is not true, perhaps there should be a parameter the bot looks for? Do you have any other ideas?  Kees08  (Talk)   05:37, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * There's no parameter - for one we do not require NFC to use any template for the rational, as long as it addresses the 10 points. And even in within the template versions of the rational, it's not one single field. Basically, at the present time, this is something that can't be automated, hence just asking for more time on the human review side after the tag had been placed. --M ASEM (t) 12:37, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * It would complicate things, but yes, it would be possible. However, Ronhjones (who has already been pinged) might like to skip the page if it has "text" anywhere in it? Just a suggestion. If not, I'll code Masem's idea. --Dat GuyTalkContribs 12:08, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Rationale are text, and justification for a larger size is expected to be part of that rational (if this is the case), so it's going to be easy to miss, and doesn't making the "skip" idea feasible (at least at the rate that AWB can do things). --M ASEM (t) 12:37, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * We still have the 7 days post reduction, where both old and new versions are still visible (and if necessary can be quickly reverted by anyone back to the larger size), and rarely makes a great deal of effect on the article (as the thumb pic is often smaller than the reduced). If I see they are reverted, then I tag them for no more reduction with either non-free no reduce or non-free manual reduce - depending on if I think there is some room for some reduction. If we must have longer, then surely it would make more sense to extend the period post reduction - and change it to 14 days, that would also be a much easier thing to implement. When Theo's bot was working properly then it would also reduce the files within a few hours of tagging, so this is nothing new. For some images, one needs to actually see the reduced version before making a decision as to the suitability of the reduction. Ron h jones (Talk) 19:21, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * P.S. The current "revert rate" is in the order of 0.2%. 99.8% of the tagged files are not reverted. Ron h jones (Talk) 19:24, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * While anyone can revert the image change, that's still leaving an extra non-free image floating around that another bot (not DatBot) will eventually remove the unused images. Ideally, I'd rather see the delay before DatBot and eliminate the delay on deleting the non-free duplicate it creates, only because in that period before DatBot acts, all changes can be reversed by any editor; once DatBot acts, there's a cleanup job created by some admin or bot to undo or sweep up after whether the reduction is kept or not. It's not to question that your tagging, you're right very few are contested, but we should follow similar processes that we have in other places where we are talking about a contestable change, giving editors more time to undo before a point a no return is made (even if it is just uploading a reduced image as DatBot is doing). --M ASEM (t) 21:10, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * OK,but we really need to have that as a policy, as anyone can do a reduction as soon as the non-free reduce tag is added (and I've seen quite a few editors do that) - Also I can see that happening more, because Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests will fill up if waiting 7 days. Maybe you should start a proposal at the Village Pump? Ideally we need the non-free reduce to show a date when reduction can be done. Ron h jones (Talk) 21:40, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Also with the contest rate so low, does it make a lot of difference if one or two extra files a day have to be revision deleted - the bot has removed the bulk of the revision deletes from admins. Ron h jones (Talk) 21:47, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * We would definitely need to have a consensus to allow (for example) DatBot to also delete the images that it resized after uploading. The thing with editors doing the reduction earlier is that they are then taken on the responsibility of saying "Yes, this reduction makes sense, and unlikely to be opposed, I will do it". Having the 7 day period between your tagging and the reduction upload where no one contests it and then having a bot do it is the same type of confidence that the action won't upset anyone. But definitely the immediate rescaling and deletion by a bot is a novel aspect of policy and needs consensus. In the meantime, I'd not see a problem with having DatBot wait 7 days, and knowing that deletion won't have until 7 days later by current accepted practice; that's still only 7 days that excess non-free is used, whereas most of the image reductions you're tagging are to help better meet fair use allowances but are not always strictly required by NFC. --M ASEM  (t)

So, reading the discussion, is there 'consensus' for me to ad it to the bot? Dat GuyTalkContribs 11:42, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2017
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Bot?
Hi, how can I stop your bot destroying an image of non-free text, please? This has happened twice now to the same image. Vashti (talk) 19:43, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late reply. You could change non-free reduce to . Dat GuyTalkContribs 17:16, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hm. I've currently tagged it with, as it seems like any reduction at all will make the file[] illegible? Is that wrong? Vashti (talk) 09:02, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-28
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 * There are sometimes links to pages about the same thing on other Wikimedia projects. A Wikipedia article about Berlin can link to the Wikivoyage guide or Wiktionary entry about Berlin. You can now see when that page has a badge. A badge could be the star that shows that an article is a featured article.

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 * Mobile users will be able to edit Wikipedia without JavaScript. This will make it possible to edit the wikis from older mobile phones. This will probably happen on 18 July for most wikis.
 * We will not use Tidy on Wikimedia wikis in the future. It will be replaced by June 2018. It could be earlier. Editors will need to fix pages that could break. You can read the simplified instructions for editors.

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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
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 * Several requests have been put into Phabractor to increase usability of the New Pages Feed and the Page Curation toolbar. For more details or to suggest improvements go to Page Curation/Suggested improvements
 * The tutorial has been updated to include links to the following useful userscripts. If you were not aware of them, they could be useful in your efforts reviewing new pages:
 * User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js adds a link to the new pages feed and page curation toolbar to your top toolbar on Wikipedia
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Tech News: 2017-29
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Bots Newsletter, July 2017
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Pending changes count
After over six months of tireless service, the bot has stopped updating the pending changes backlog (Task #4). Could this be restarted please? I see there are now over 70 transclusions of and its variants, which rely on the data <b style="color:seagreen">Noyster</b>  (talk),  22:41, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
 * . Dat GuyTalkContribs 08:50, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * It stopped again. Seems like the file was deleted? No idea why. Dat GuyTalkContribs 15:58, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * FYI: I found the reason for the delay. See . Dat GuyTalkContribs 17:14, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for info DatGuy. The phabricator thread doesn't mean much to me, but I hope the bot can soon be back to updating PC backlog every 15 mins as before <b style="color:seagreen">Noyster</b> (talk),  20:10, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
 * It's still only firing sporadically and looking at the history since 4 July, I suspect the same problem that occurred once before, where it only picks up counts of 10 or less <b style="color:seagreen">Noyster</b> (talk),  06:23, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I think DatGuy's having a well-earned break, but I hope he can attend to this on his return <b style="color:seagreen">Noyster</b> (talk),  06:45, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I forgot what I did earlier, but I tried something now as well as cleaning some of the code. We'll see soon if it works. Dat GuyTalkContribs 18:31, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Looks good? Dat GuyTalkContribs 22:05, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Looking good now and thank you for fixing it! <b style="color:seagreen">Noyster</b> (talk),  08:11, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Brunei at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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