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Notices

To make a request:

• Administrators can edit the page directly.
• Non-administrators: Feel free to ping me directly with {{subst:ping|Magog the Ogre}}. Since I cannot promise that I will respond promptly, please add {{Edit request}} and an administrator will take a look.
  • Update 2023-01-30: I'm not sure how this isn't common sense for anyone who's used this site for more than a few days, but I guess it needs to be said. You need to transclude to the actual template, not just link to it if you want this page to get added to the edit requests for when I'm not around. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 02:57, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hard omissions

I've added the concept of "hard" omissions to the galleries. If the bot sees one of these categories on the file, it will never include it.

To give an example:

• My own gallery is for Multilingual legend
• This would normally include Sutton Nicholls, A New map of Gallia Cisalpina & Graecia Magna (FL37479375 2590657).jpg via English-language maps.
• However, I have opted out of any pages in Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, so it was omitted.

Regarding depth:

• I have set the depth set at 0, so it applies only to files directly under Eran Laor Cartographic Collection.
• If I set the depth to 1, it would omit child categories of Category:Eran Laor Cartographic Collection.
• If I set to 2, children of children
• etc.

This is a useful but powerful feature. I recommend using it sparingly. If you request a depth too high, you are likely to exclude a bunch of images you want, and there will be nothing in the logs indicating why. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 22:39, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Magog the Ogre, currently it feels like every month there is a new category that crashes the upload (although this time the new one is actually a useful one). Can you please exclude Category:Elephants saddled with castles from User:Nordlicht8/Equestriansports? Thank you! Nordlicht8 (talk) 21:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nordlicht8:  Done Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 13:04, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All (or almost all?) uncategorized files are added by @OgreBot to @User:Roy17's User:Roy17/Mannheim pages since 2024-03-13. I don't think this is useful as it simply duplicates Category:Media needing categories requiring human attention. GeorgR (de) (talk) 20:27, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GeorgR (de): please refer to the instructions on the user page for how to locate and request a category opt out. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 13:05, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Magog the Ogre, thanks, but based on the definitions for User:Roy17/Mannheim on User:OgreBot/gallery, I wouldn't know what to exclude. The categories listed there should not have caused the addition of uncategorized (!) files. However, the issue is appparently resolved anyway, as uncategorized files are no longer added to User:Roy17/Mannheim since 2024-03-19. GeorgR (de) (talk) 13:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I think I found the issue; it's already been reverted.[1] Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 13:16, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, good catch. GeorgR (de) (talk) 13:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please add Adolf Loos as an omitted subcategory for category Brno. This addresses the issue presented at Commons talk:WikiProject Brno. Thanks. --Blahma (talk) 12:39, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Blahma:  Done Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 13:05, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, me again... @Magog the Ogre, can you please exclude Category:Horseshoes and subcategories from User:Nordlicht8/Equestriansports? Thank you! Nordlicht8 (talk) 21:33, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 00:30, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I would say that we can remove this job, as the user is, sadly, no longer active. Gnom (talk) 14:42, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, yup! Done. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 20:04, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Magog the Ogre and Rosenzweig: I've been away for the last month and on my return now see a gaggle of failure notices. It seems that Category:Secret messages is the cause, so please exclude that category from the results. Ww2censor (talk) 14:52, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today I see that the following 2 categories also seem at fault so please exclude them too. Category:Georgi Dimitrov and Category:Sergey Naryshkin. Thanks Ww2censor (talk) 14:16, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done --Rosenzweig τ 14:32, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ww2censor: I ran the bot for the dates which it missed. It's not failing but it's still picking up a lot of unrelated content. Could you kindly go through and find any more superfluous categories? Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 19:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Magog the Ogre, thanks for your work! Please remove this service - and also "New files uploaded in the Category:Mittelhessen", please. I haven't worked with the results for a long time anyway. --Sir James (talk) 18:02, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 19:37, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. It's going on - what's needed to stop theses messages? --Sir James (talk) 16:24, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]