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<div id="tech">The bot is now running on a task to change ''every'' single picture on the site to have the following format:<pre>[[file:picname.jpg|...]]</pre> | <div id="tech">The bot is now running on a task to change ''every'' single picture on the site to have the following format:<pre>[[file:picname.jpg|...]]</pre> | ||
Please do '''not''' use the following form any longer:<pre>[[image:picname.jpg...]]</pre>The actual name of the space on the wiki that houses pictures is '''file:'''. ''' | Please do '''not''' use the following form any longer:<pre>[[image:picname.jpg...]]</pre>The actual name of the space on the wiki that houses pictures is '''file:'''. '''image:''' is ''redirected'' to '''file:''', thus creating a teeny tiny bit of lag on the wiki. Multiplied times the thousands of pictures we have, that can add up to a needless, but significant, drain on our resources. | ||
Also, it's much harder to have the bot maintain the database if it has to worry whether the pictures begin with '''image:''' or not. Having one consistent word at the beginning of a file name makes it ''much'' easier to keep this place tidy. :) | Also, it's much harder to have the bot maintain the database if it has to worry whether the pictures begin with '''image:''' or not. Having one consistent word at the beginning of a file name makes it ''much'' easier to keep this place tidy. :) | ||
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'''Again, please use ''file:'' not ''image:'' ''' | '''Again, please use ''file:'' not ''image:'' ''' | ||
Thanks :) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} | Thanks :) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}'''21:26:09 Sun '''03 Apr 2011 </span> | ||
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The bot is now running on a task to change every single picture on the site to have the following format:
[[file:picname.jpg|...]]Please do not use the following form any longer:
[[image:picname.jpg...]]The actual name of the space on the wiki that houses pictures is file:. image: is redirected to file:, thus creating a teeny tiny bit of lag on the wiki. Multiplied times the thousands of pictures we have, that can add up to a needless, but significant, drain on our resources.
Also, it's much harder to have the bot maintain the database if it has to worry whether the pictures begin with image: or not. Having one consistent word at the beginning of a file name makes it much easier to keep this place tidy. :)
Again, please use file: not image:
