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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:'''. '''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.   
Please do '''not''' use the following form any longer:<pre>[[file:picname.jpg...]]</pre>The actual name of the space on the wiki that houses pictures is '''file:'''. '''file:''' 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 '''file:''' 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:'' '''
'''Again, please use ''file:'' not ''file:'' '''


Thanks :)  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}&nbsp;<span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">'''21:26:09 Sun&nbsp;'''03 Apr 2011&nbsp;</span>
Thanks :)  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}&nbsp;<span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">'''21:26:09 Sun&nbsp;'''03 Apr 2011&nbsp;</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:
[[file:picname.jpg...]]
The actual name of the space on the wiki that houses pictures is file:. file: 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 file: 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 file:

Thanks :)
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  <span style="">21:26:09 Sun 03 Apr 2011 

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