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The following tools may be helpful when working with images and media.
Bot status was last updated on February 20, 2021.
Bot
Operator
Status
Description
718 Bot (task · contribs ) East718 t c )Inactive
Converts some images to .png format when needed.
AnomieBOT (task list · contribs ) Anomie t c )Active
Closes some discussions automatically at WP:FFD .
AWeenieBot (task · contribs ) AWeenieMan t c )Inactive
Maintains lists of non-free images lacking rationales.
Chris G Bot (task · contribs ) Chris G t c )Inactive
Tags images for deletion per Wikipedia:CSD#F4
CommonsDelinker (task · contribs ) Siebrand t c )Active
Removes references to deleted Commons images from Wikipedia articles. Based in Commons, this bot runs on all Wikiprojects. See meta:User:CommonsDelinker for more information.
DrilBot (task list · contribs ) Drilnoth t c )Inactive
Help with the image license migration .
Erwin85Bot (task list · contribs ) Erwin t c )Inactive
Notifies users when their images are tagged {{ NowCommons }} . Removes {{ di-orphaned fair use }} from non-orphan images.
FairuseBot (task · contribs ) Carnildo t c )Inactive
Enforcing non-free content criterion 10c (rationales must name specific articles) and non-free content criterion 7 (images must be used in articles).
ImageRemovalBot (task · contribs ) Carnildo t c )Active
Removes files that have been deleted but not removed from articles.
ImageTaggingBot (task · contribs ) Carnildo t c )Active
Inspects newly-uploaded images for ones lacking source information, license information, or a license tag.
Legobot (task · contribs ) Legoktm t c )Active, but not for image-related tasks
Updates WP:PUF#Holding cell every day.
Lucasbfrbot (task · contribs ) Lucasbfr t c )Inactive
Replaces local images with identical Commons images (with different names) in articles, so that the local images will be orphaned and deletable.
MPUploadBot (task list · contribs ) X! t c )Inactive
Uploads images on the main page from Commons to Wikipedia and protects them.
NeuRobot (task · contribs ) Neurolysis t c )Inactive
Downsizes oversized non-free images to 0.25 megapixels to comply with WP:NFCC#3 , also losslessly compresses PNGs before upload.
OrphanBot (task list · contribs ) Carnildo t c )Inactive
Removes from articles images that are in Category:Images with unknown source and Category:Images with unknown copyright status .
PhotoCatBot (task list · contribs ) Twp t c )Inactive
Categorizes {{ reqphoto }} templates based on the WikiProjects that accompany the article. Flags articles that may no longer need images.
Polbot (task · contribs ) Quadell t c )Inactive
Suggests images from Commons for plant articles, and maintains the "needs-photo" parameter.
Sambot (task list · contribs ) Sam Korn t c )Blocked
Add or remove the tags {{ puic }} , {{ ffdc }} , and {{ deletable image-caption }} , when images are considered for deletion.
SVnaGBot1 (task list · contribs ) User A1 t c )Inactive
Finds articles that use images with {{ vector version available }} tags, and leaves a talk page note reminding people to substitute the SVG.
Tineye browser plug-in and bookmarklet - searches for copies of an image on the internet, for suspected copyvios. Limited to 50 searches per day, unless fees paid.
Google Images here - One can now drag and drop web images into the search box, and it will search for matches.
