Tag a user to update their broken image links - page 3.

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Actually thought this script only edits a post that has the Developer Tools window open, not until I realized it goes through all posts made by a user Grin

nice nitty tool, thanks @Pmalek for the easy-to-use guide, thanks @joker_josue for the API key & image hosting service, and finally thanks TryNinja for the script, the forum can look colorful once more without the "bitcointalk.org image proxy invalid image" message Cool

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[Script] Imgur to TalkImg - automatically fix your broken images
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/script-imgur-to-talkimg-automatically-fix-your-broken-images-5452662

Tag a user to update their broken image links
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/tag-a-user-to-update-their-broken-image-links-5474066

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Quote from: Mate2237 on November 15, 2023, 11:29:06 AM

Refixing the broken image is a good idea if everybody understand what you are saying. As it is really I didn't get you and if I am to upload my image again to talkImg then my question is where is the image? I don't have the image in my phone and I can only see the image Link in the post without the image so how do upload again. Please if it can be upload through the link only without the image then please can you show us the steps to do that because I don't have the images in my device.

I will prefer a pictorial image step by step guide to get it done so that nobody will say I don't understand. When I tried the process, I came to discover that I don't have the images in my device, I have deleted them so I can't do anything about so I have to leave it. So if you can show the process with image guide I will be very appreciated.

You no longer have the images you uploaded, right?
Then you can use the TryNinja script, on a computer where everything is done automatically without any intervention on your part.

If you want to do everything manually, you can download the images and upload them back to TalkImg, or drag the image link to TalkImg, and it will upload it.

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Quote from: Oshosondy on November 14, 2023, 01:17:14 PM

Forum itself needs to enable image uploading feature so that we will not depend on any third party before we can upload image and also that there will not be any issue like thus that we should fix anything.

But it doesn't have that feature and probably never will. Because of that other (3rd-party) solutions are required.

Quote from: shahzadafzal on November 14, 2023, 02:03:15 PM

Tagging someone and requesting them to fix the broken images is a good idea, but it would be better if we tag and share the link to the particular post/topic that has broken images.

Why do one today, two tomorrow, and three next week if someone asks you, when you can automatically fix everything at once? It requires almost no work at all to get it done.

Quote from: Adbitco on November 14, 2023, 02:11:59 PM

My concern is about those accounts that are ban, which already has some post with broken images is there a way to fix their broken images.

There is nothing we can do about banned and inactive accounts now. What everyone can do is fix their own image links.

Quote from: BitMaxz on November 14, 2023, 03:43:15 PM

How about the mobile users is there any chance to enable developer tools?

I really don't know. Try googling the issue and see what comes up.

Quote from: BitMaxz on November 14, 2023, 03:43:15 PM

My plan is to find all my posts with broken images instead of using the script to automate everything I'd like to manually reupload them.

I had hundreds of broken images. There is no way I would have spends days going through my posts and fixing those manually. I doubt many people would want to do that.

Quote from: TryNinja on November 14, 2023, 05:32:33 PM

Btw, not everyone is using my bot or another tool that notifies you when you're tagged.

I know. But if we count your bot, LoyceV bot, and the fact that this thread is in Meta, which is a sub-board many people visit from time to time, it's a good start.

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Quote from: Pmalek on November 14, 2023, 12:59:09 PM

_goes through your entire post history, finds Imgur links, uploads the images to TalkImg, and edits your posts with the new links

Refixing the broken image is a good idea if everybody understand what you are saying. As it is really I didn't get you and if I am to upload my image again to talkImg then my question is where is the image? I don't have the image in my phone and I can only see the image Link in the post without the image so how do upload again. Please if it can be upload through the link only without the image then please can you show us the steps to do that because I don't have the images in my device.

I will prefer a pictorial image step by step guide to get it done so that nobody will say I don't understand. When I tried the process, I came to discover that I don't have the images in my device, I have deleted them so I can't do anything about so I have to leave it. So if you can show the process with image guide I will be very appreciated.

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Quote from: Oshosondy on November 14, 2023, 01:17:14 PM

Forum itself needs to enable image uploading feature so that we will not depend on any third party before we can upload image and also that there will not be any issue like thus that we should fix anything.

What about this legendary member Rath_ for his helpful posts on lightning network.

Yes, this is actually a valid point, and I agree. I sometimes wonder why we don't have the feature to upload images directly to the forum apart from using third party site. There are some members who might create very quality and educational topics and add some pictures. If, by coincidence, the image hosting site has issues and the member who posted those pictures is no longer an active member of the forum, that means the image is going to be left unfixed, and this is the reason why the forum is supposed to have its own image upload features.

I have come across some broken images, but I can't actually remember the user who had them. If I find any, I will tag them.

Doan9269

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Fixing the image errors have been provided and the procedures are there, it's now left for someone to make a challenge to follow the procedures and fix them up or not, i believe a number had already done that, but some don't mind or care because their profile contains alot of these broken images and they think they don't have the time to create in fixing the images or feels it's unnecessary, the forum could also have it's own reasons for not allowing image upload, but since the solution to fix them are available, it's left to us to make decision on what next to do.

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Quote from: shahzadafzal on November 14, 2023, 02:03:15 PM

Well, I partially agree with your suggestion of fixing it "manually". I wish to have it fixed automatically. Although we have been waiting for theymos to take some action, it looks like 'Do Nothing' has been selected, which I also agree with.

Tagging someone and requesting them to fix the broken images is a good idea, but it would be better if we tag and share the link to the particular post/topic that has broken images.

Hmm, Really good idea, I got your Tag alert last day, I was purely using Imgur for a long time and their sudden policy change impacted my posts for some of the Important topics I've updated the Images for the rest I'm not sure is it good to update them or not. Still I'll try the script in free time hehe currently going too busy these days.

Quote from: shahzadafzal on November 14, 2023, 02:03:15 PM

For example, I want @Hamza2424 to fix the broken images in the posts https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.61568821.

That's why I love TryNinja's "Single Topic" version.

This is the simplest and fastest solution to broken images. It will not update any of your old posts that you don't want to be touched. It will stay on a single page, and only the posts on that particular page will be updated.

Hmm, I've gone through this topic and found it helping but never tried haha, I'll manually update the posts from which I'll get tagged. Becasue almost most of the topics are still active and have shown some good responses in the past I've updated the Links.

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Quote from: Oshosondy on November 14, 2023, 01:17:14 PM

Forum itself needs to enable image uploading feature so that we will not depend on any third party before we can upload image and also that there will not be any issue like thus that we should fix anything.

Nice suggestion, but I don't think Theymos is going to listen to the request because this was asked when the imgur broken image issue came up. BTW, joker's talkimg is doing a fine job the forum.

Quote from: Adbitco on November 14, 2023, 02:11:59 PM

Though from his explanation it seems very simple to fix broken images and one most not go one by follow to update their broken images due to his explanations. My concern is about those accounts that are ban, which already has some post with broken images is there a way to fix their broken images.

If you find the topic very interesting and you've the time, you can repost it with the broken links fixed and cite the user as the original author. Someone did that recently for a topic that the user is no more active on the forum, and it's a good way to keep those topics alive.

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Firstly, amazing script... fantastic work. Made the image transfer and post modifications a mostly painless process. Cool

Although, I did have a couple of issues with the script... it was "hard crashing" on one post that had some "interesting" text in it. It didn't like all the URL text at all Tongue

So, I simply made a backup of the original post text, then removed all the url text, restarted the script and, once it finished, edited back in the original text.

Additionally, there were 2 or 3 other posts that ended up returning a "(403) Forbidden" when the script attempted the POST to edit the image URLs:

The posts in question definitely weren't in locked threads etc, as I was able to manually upload the images to TalkImg and then manually edit the image URLs into the posts, so I'm not sure what happened with those.

Thankfully it was only 2 or 3 posts out of my 10000+ posts Shocked

over 514 pages that the script had to check and only about 3 or 4 pics in total, so it wasn't really a big deal. Tongue

Again, great work on the script... and a huge shout out to joker_josue for setting up TalkImg.

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Quote from: philipma1957 on November 14, 2023, 08:15:12 PM

I have not been looking forward to fixing this issue.
I likely have 1000posts with broken links..

I suppose I could start

You should have already taken care of that! Roll Eyes

Doing it manually takes a while, but with the script in a few minutes or a little more (it really depends on the number of images), you can make this update quickly and with little work. Wink

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Quote from: Oshosondy on November 14, 2023, 01:17:14 PM

Forum itself needs to enable image uploading feature so that we will not depend on any third party before we can upload image and also that there will not be any issue like thus that we should fix anything.

What about this legendary member Rath_ for his helpful posts on lightning network.

Tagging alone will not solve this problem and there are people who would be tagged but will not still respond to it as it might not be their priority for months even years as our focuses and commitments vary daily.

There are some that have a very good topic with images that would be absent for only God knows when as well, which is why I believe that the error shouldn't have happened in the first place instead of calling the attention of those who had forgotten they've even written a post to come back to it.

Personally, I will try the fixing advice of OP in my spare time, but my hope is for this not to persist as other image hosting sites are being threatened too. Some are now off and on with their images here, who knows what will happen soon again? Will users continue to be fixing and fixing?

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Quote from: Learn Bitcoin on November 14, 2023, 08:28:56 PM

Actually, not many users use notification bots. According to TryNinja, there are 600 users till March 2023. I guess not many users increased since then.

Quote from: TryNinja on May 12, 2023, 05:00:16 PM

3 years of service
660 total users

maybe there are a bunch of Loyce.club notification users. But I don't know to number until he shares.

Up to date data:

Quote from: TryNinja on November 13, 2023, 08:38:31 PM

857 users
754 topics tracked by 144 users
804 boards tracked by 101 users
187 phrases tracked by 73 users
120 users ignored by 24 users

6k ~ 8k notifications per day

Loyce's page is open to everyone, so you can count 90 users: https://loyce.club/notifications

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This could be a good solution. Even though this is a good tool to fix the images, most of the forum members are not aware of it and some may find it too difficult to use. So, it's a kind of guide thread which I believe helps them understand how it works. Still, there are some inactive members who won't come online anymore and we won't be able to fix those images. This is why I had to repost a thread a few weeks ago.

Quote from: Pmalek on November 14, 2023, 12:59:09 PM

...we can use to tag active Bitcointalk members we find who still have broken Imgur images in their posts. It will help to clean up the forum and make it look better. Most users use a notifications bot nowadays, so a simple @username should do the trick and make them aware of this topic.

Actually, not many users use notification bots. According to TryNinja, there are 600 users till March 2023. I guess not many users increased since then.

Quote from: TryNinja on May 12, 2023, 05:00:16 PM

3 years of service
660 total users

maybe there are a bunch of Loyce.club notification users. But I don't know to number until he shares.

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Quote from: Pmalek on November 14, 2023, 12:59:09 PM

Please don't PM users and bother them about their broken image links. You never know if someone might react negatively and report you for PM spam for whatever reason. Just mention their username and tag them here; if they want, they will respond. If not, give it up and don't bother them anymore.

I was about to ask this question. What if the author ignores your mentions too? I should give up as you said. User @SquirrelJulietGarden has a good thread about Create Taproot address for your Bitcoin which was even mentioned in our local thread. I was very much interested but the images are broken. User SFR10 and I requested this user to fix the images by commenting in his thread but we did not get any response from him. So, I assume he do not use any kind of notification bot or he simply decided to ignore both of us? Could be?

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I have not been looking forward to fixing this issue.
I likely have 1000posts with broken links..

I suppose I could start

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Good idea.
Those who found this thread may also check their post history and fix the broken link images themselves don't wait to be tagged.
I found too many on my last topic started which most commonly we post images on a thread that we started, if I have time I will fix it and I hope others will do the same.

Quote from: Oshosondy on November 14, 2023, 01:17:14 PM

Forum itself needs to enable image uploading feature so that we will not depend on any third party before we can upload image and also that there will not be any issue like thus that we should fix anything.

I tend to agree with this.
But TalkImg might have existed for a long time since it was taken care of by one of the forum members.

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Quote from: Pmalek on November 14, 2023, 12:59:59 PM

@HCP

Working on it... was waiting for joker_josue to setup my TalkImg account. Wink

Script is currently running... might take a while:

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Quote from: TryNinja on November 14, 2023, 05:32:33 PM

The script only works for posts made by the logged acount. You can't just run it on a random topic and expect the images to get fixed for everyone, the author needs to that himself.

Ah, my bad. So it won't work after all. So we are still stuck on the point where the op is inactive for them to do this. Also those who are not using the telegram bot won't be notified too. So only the PM works to notify them this time...

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Quote from: PX-Z on November 14, 2023, 05:25:49 PM

I guess we can do it by ourselves, i have more time so i can do it too. Coz if i read it right, the script works even if you're not the OP just by copy pasting the script in developer tool window. The main problem is what are the threads need fixing.

The script only works for posts made by the logged acount. You can't just run it on a random topic and expect the images to get fixed for everyone, the author needs to that himself.

Btw, not everyone is using my bot or another tool that notifies you when you're tagged.

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I guess we can do it by ourselves, i have more time so i can do it too. Coz if i read it right, the script works even if you're not the OP just by copy pasting the script in developer tool window. The main problem is what are the threads need fixing.

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