Forum:Re-synching the Wiki

Okay, so I reported this glitch already, but anybody doing images should be aware: Many times, images may not appear, and when liscensing, categories, or templates are added to the page, they will also not appear, and the image will not be added to any categry imcluded in the templates. 11:02, 12 February 2011 (EST)
 * But the template is still there. If you choose edit, the code's still there, and if you choose preview, the template is there. 11:28, 12 February 2011 (EST)
 * But the category, which is more important, is not there. 11:30, 12 February 2011 (EST)
 * Well... Is it possible for the categories to appear after the bug is fixed? Either way I should stop for now... just in case. 11:48, 12 February 2011 (EST)

WAIT. Two things:
 * 1) You shouldn't need to stop, if the code is still there, it should be auto resolved when the issue is fixed.
 * 2) Guys, when you are going through the images, DON'T NOMINATE JPEGS THAT ARE BEING USED IN AN ARTICLE FOR DELETION. Those get the bad name template.  I have seen several handfuls of mainspace use images marked for deletion already, but at the time I didn't think to revert the edits.   14:49, 12 February 2011 (EST)

This is not the place for that discussion. -- 23:38, 12 February 2011 (EST)

Once all of the images have been sorted, so we know which ones are going to be deleted and which will be reuploaded. 20:51, 13 February 2011 (EST)

I believe it is. 16:00, 14 February 2011 (EST)

Questions. Does the Images need to be the same on the THIS wiki and the OLD wiki? Like, Search The image ON OLD WIKI, match it with the NEW WIKI photo? If it if different reupload the OLD WIKI photo? If all of these question answers are yes, I'll take UserSamurai.gif to Vanitas offering hand.jpg

No. We are going through to make sure all of the images on the wiki are useful and adhere to the new image policy. As such, ALL user images (for talk bubbles, including ones from Days) need to be put up for deletion. All other unused or non- mainspace usable images must also be nominated for deletion. Finally, if a usable image is a jpeg, you should place the bad name template on it, so it will be reuploaded with the proper name and file type. 19:43, 14 February 2011 (EST)


 * Guys... I was just going through the "images with bad names" category. Unless I am very wrong, all user images and usless or extremely low quality jpegs are not being kept.  User jpgs and other, useless jpgs are to be marked for deletion, not to be reuploaded.  22:03, 14 February 2011 (EST)

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ALLLLLLLRIGHTY!! It took me almost half a year (4-5 months), but I am proud to officially report Block to Card Soldier is entirely re-synced! (Barring one page that I gather got added in there after I started, which I ignored.) Now I won't feel so bad that that part up there is crossed out, because now it IS completely done. MISSION COMPLETE! Sorry it took so long!! ^_^;; FT  20:39, 19 April 2011 (EDT)

I apologize, everyone, for my recent lack of participation in the audit. I'm trying to find a time to do these two sections. I also have a question, and I apologize if the answer is facepalmingly obvious. Are the admins going to try to clear out these hundreds of files by themselves, or are the mods/ trustworthy users going to be temporarily given the deletion right (Erry permanently, maybe), to aid in this process? I only say this because of the great magnitude of the deletion. Finally, how will moving jpgs over to pngs be handled? 20:26, 24 May 2011 (EDT)
 * It actually won't be very difficult to have the admins just use the "What links here" of the Delete template and smite every image in there. We have Kryten, Neumannz, me, and Xion fairly regularly. That doesn't even include the other admins who idle the IRC, such as Maggosh and Hexedmagica. As for moving .jpgs to .pngs, I think that a user would just download/save the .jpg image and then resave it as .png, or find the original image and save that as a .png.


 * Also, important newsflash: Do not worry about userbox images while auditing. Just pretend those aren't there. -- 21:08, 24 May 2011 (EDT)


 * I meant more of "how are we dividing up the 700+ images to be converted", not the process. And I'm still working on the userbox images (I stopped after the main userbox page).   22:37, 24 May 2011 (EDT)