User talk:DatGuy/Archives/2024/March

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes

• Sdkb
• The Night Watch

• East718
• Isabelle Belato
• Mzajac
• Staecker
• Stan Shebs
• Sugarfish
• Tamzin

Bureaucrat changes

SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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Trianglewelder (talk) 01:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

@Trianglewelder there is a little email issue so please follow the IRC method at WP:REVDELREQUEST instead. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 20:51, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Exclusion for composite image?

I recently uploaded File:Three Little Pigs - Fuller Brush Man 1933 and 1948.png with two frames from different releases of The Three Little Pigs (film). Since it is a composite image, I scaled it to keep each frame within the non-free content guidelines of 320x240. But the final image file is more than 512px and more than 0.1 megapixels, so DatBot of course keeps resizing it.

I understand that I could upload each frame as a separate image, but I think that to ensure the proper context it's important for them to be seen together. Is there a mechanism to exclude an image from DatBot resizing, and if so, can you point me to how I would apply for one?

Thank you for all the work you do! —Tim Pierce (talk) 21:10, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

@Tim Pierce hi, yes, you can add {{Non-free no reduce}} to prevent JJMC89 Bot from tagging it for reduction. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 06:56, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! —Tim Pierce (talk) 15:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Email/VRTS question

Hi DatGuy, in reference to the ticket# question at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Mxcronin, what should happen when an email is sent to paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org (or similar)? How does one get the ticket#? This was first time sending an email outside of OS or using the "email this user" function. S0091 (talk) 15:11, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

I didn't quite remember if there is an automated response that gives you the ticket #, but seems there isn't. It's available in the VRT system or in the subject when you receive a reply. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 15:13, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Ahh, yes I see now. Thanks! S0091 (talk) 16:20, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Hurricane Ida

Hi there, thanks for your help at Hurricane Ida. However, I noticed that the semi-protection you put in is significantly shorter than the previous protection which expired only a couple of weeks ago. This page has long been an LTA vandalism target and it's clear that long-term protection is needed. See the page 's protection history. Would you please consider making the semi-protection longer? Fretyr (talk) 16:08, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

There isn't a stable pattern of vandalism, but rather occasional sprees. The short protection is to dissuade them and reduce the whac-a-mole blocks. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 16:12, 30 March 2024 (UTC)