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Reducing files

Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests contains thousands of files, but your bot seems to reduce very few of them:

• 24 April: no files
• 25 April: 6 files
• 26 April: 4 files

For example, File:A new day B 1984.jpg was tagged on 23 April, so it should have been reduced by now. Is there something wrong with your bot? --Stefan2 (talk) 21:11, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

@Stefan2: I'd bet it's my internet. It runs at 0:00 AM my time, and my internet is very on-and-off. Also, it doesn't reduce tiff files. I'll also run it manually if I see the backlog is getting big. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 13:45, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

If the bot doesn't handle TIF files, then those should be in Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing instead of Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests. I've changed the template. Can you check if the list of file types which must be reduced manually is correct? For example, the previous bot didn't handle GIF files. Does your bot handle GIF files? --Stefan2 (talk) 18:34, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

@Stefan2: It skips tiff, xcf, and gif files. Also, Codename Lisa, what was the issue with File:Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) screenshot.png? For screenshots and similar, {{Non-free reduce|type=screen}} should be used. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 15:33, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

I've told the template to put XCF files in the other category.

The text is unreadable in the reduced version of File:Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) screenshot.png, so I guess that's why she reverted your bot. The thumbnail in the article actually has more readable text than your bot's thumbnail, even though the article thumbnail is smaller than your bot's thumbnail. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:56, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

@DatGuy: The quality of DatBot output is generally worse than the quality of Paint.net or XnViewMP when the target resolution is the same. It isn't just I; others are complaining too. See User talk:Ronhjones § File:MSRT Screenshot.png for an example. Also, 640px is low resolution in my book. DatBot reduces image sizes to that a postage stamp. —Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 09:24, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

DatBot seems to have done a good work on File:TeraCopy screenshot.png. Well... I didn't way "always"; I said "generally". —Codename Lisa (talk) 09:29, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Pending Changes

FYI the bot does not seem to be updating the wp:PCB. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 18:29, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

@Gtstricky: It updated less than 15 minutes ago. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 18:31, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

I must be missing something then because the template seems to show 4/24 as the last update. WP:PCB. Maybe it is stuck in my cache or something. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 18:45, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Just checked PCB, yep it's the cache. Purged it. We might be able to get Joe's Null Bot on it. @Joe Decker:. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 18:47, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

@DatGuy:, Technically possilbe, but it would be more sensible for DatBot to do it at the point it updates the underlying file, wouldn't it? I'm probably missing something obvious, so lemme know what.  :) --joe decker^talk 17:06, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Hey can you put this poster for wrestlemania 33 because it was stretched

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9kOt0XXgAANSTt.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeno4444 (talk • contribs) 01:11, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Deletion?

Maybe you should have just gone ahead and nominated it for deletion. (?) KDS4444 (talk) 11:14, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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