Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ImageResizeBot: Difference between revisions

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* (after many edit conflicts) I am not convinced doing this without an editor request to shrink the image beforehand is a good idea. What about a large non-free image with a very specific rationale that explains why that level of detail is necessary (I could imagine there are pictures over 600 x 600 that includes such a rationale)? Are you prepared to dissect that information in the multitude of ways it could be presented (templates, non templated, etc). I would be more comfortable with you creating a template (or using a variation of {{T1|Non-free reduce}}) that would basically have a human say, this needs to be reduced (maybe even input a size) and have a bot just do the dirty work (you could also add the {{T1|furd}} when you are done, because an admin will have to visit the page to delete the image anyway). Also, what size are you planning on uploading the images at exactly (are you always using the thumbnail size)? For example, I would reckon that your could scale down any album cover to say 400px by 400px (probably even smaller). But if I am reading your proposal correctly, they would most likely end up at varying sizes. Also, is there a reason you have chosen not to use the [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/InputInit|standard BRFA template]]? I think the bot task has a lot of merit, I just think some of the details should be hammered out a little more before letting it loose.

**I did not use the BRFA template, because I felt that writing it as prose was better. Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy. If someone insists on the template, they may go ahead and add it. I figured there would be loose ends, hence the reason why I've cross posted this to 3 different locations :). As far as the size issues, the idea is to nab those that are way too large. If you can show me one example of an image that is greater then 360,000 pixels in size, that ''should not be reduced'', we can consider upping the threshold. If you would like, I can place a list of all affected images to a subpage of the bot's userspace if this would assist you and others in evaluating the task at hand. —— '''[[user:Eagle 101|<font color="navy">Eagle</font><font color="red">101]]'''</font>^{[[user_talk:Eagle 101|Need help?]]} 19:52, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

*** I only asked about the BRFA template out of curiosity. I don't really care, myself (as I have read your prose and gathered most of the answers for myself). The template simply makes it easier to grab some of the facts quickly. I would be interested to see a list of affected images, but I am not going to lie to you, I have no intention on going through them all. Out of curiosity, how many are there in total? My only concern is that some editor may have felt the need to have a larger image (even explained why), and they may be upset to find a bot reduced it without discussion. -&nbsp;[[User:AWeenieMan|AWeenieMan]]&nbsp;([[User talk:AWeenieMan|talk]]) 20:06, 17 March 2008 (UTC)