User talk:Theo's Little Bot/Archive 2

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Indian Idol.JPG


A tag has been placed on File:Indian Idol.JPG requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from former logo no longer used to identify the subject. The logo is not subject of any third party analysis or commentary. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Bot has stopped
Hi there. I was wondering if you could look into the bot activities? It hasn't reduced the size of any non-free images since the 2nd of August, and there's over 700 images tagged. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, -- Diannaa (talk) 05:55, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cite wdl/7344
Template:Cite wdl/7344 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ricky81682 (talk) 00:08, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cite wdl/3244
Template:Cite wdl/3244 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ricky81682 (talk) 00:08, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Rotten Tomatoes score/0102558
Template:Rotten Tomatoes score/0102558 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ricky81682 (talk) 07:30, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Wild-zee-logo.jpg
Thank you for uploading File:Wild-zee-logo.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

If it is determined that the file does not qualify under the non-free content policy, it might be deleted by an administrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. Marchjuly (talk) 05:36, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Error from your part on the File:Siouxsie Christine.jpg
You have made a big mistake : the version that had to be reduced, was the one posted yesterday here with good colors. Instead, you reduced the size of the old first version with bad quality colors.

And same remark for this other file this is the one to reduce. Instead you put back online a smaller version of a worn sleeve with a big flaw. Carliertwo (talk) 19:57, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Re-sizing to agressive
The resize bot decreases image size quite aggressively, and also quite lossily. An image at 400 px wide is decreased to 273, which is lower than what is used in articles. Is it possible to put the cut-off point at 300px and to make sure most quality is kept. Currently the bot adds compression on top of compression and produces artifacts. CFCF  💌 📧 09:25, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Dilwale1.jpg
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Suggestions for Task 22 Rotten Tomatoes score
I noticed the Rotten Tomatoes score/0181852 leads to a date format error on Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. I have fixed the issue in the template, and found that a padding zero of the day value in should be avoided, as stated in MOS:BADDATEFORMAT (see also Help:CS1_errors). Furthermore, the if condition of could be put after "accessdate=", so that the whole reference does not need to repeat. Please see the history of Rotten Tomatoes score/0181852 for how I fixed it.--Quest for Truth (talk) 15:47, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Add another title card drama
If anyone seen Naagin Title card then print screen and add it to image file on Colors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.102.106.5 (talk) 16:14, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

File reduction
Hi Theo. I was wondering if you could have a look at the bot when you have time, as there's over 300 images tagged for non-free reduce, some of them for a couple of weeks with no obvious reason why they have not been done. Thank you! -- Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 23:45, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * A lot of files were apparently reduced today, and the backlog is now down to 179, but that's still a lot which hasn't been reduced. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:04, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Diannaa, any suggestion on what to do? The same problem has occurred in the past, and when I've tried asking the bot operator for assistance, I have not always got a reply: 1 2 3. Since the bot reduces a couple of files every day, I guess that the bot starts but that one file in the category causes the bot to crash for whatever reason, and then the bot stops and leaves the remaining files unprocessed. In that case, how can we find that problem file? --Stefan2 (talk) 23:28, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No idea why it stops or how it works. Theo has not edited since August,and I have no way of knowing whether or not he sees our messages. -- Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:06, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Stefan2: Todayt it appears to have only reduced the ones that were freshly tagged. -- Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:19, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * It's annoying that we don't get any response from the bot operator. If a file in the category causes the bot to crash, then it should be trivial for the operator to find that file. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:18, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The link at the top of this page suggests reporting problems at GitHub. Do you have a GitHub account? -- Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:17, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No, but I guess it's easy to create one and try contacting the bot operator. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:57, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Could you do that please? -- Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 23:28, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Lat Lag Gayi.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:Lat Lag Gayi.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Ymblanter (talk) 08:17, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Owsley Stanley (1967).jpg
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Owsley Stanley (1967).jpg, has been listed at Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at if you object to the listing for any reason. Thank you. This image has been flagged for removal for copyright violation Folkprofessor (talk) 04:11, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Eurovision 2016 Logo
Why did you reduce the size of the logo? I referred that it is non-free. Its probable copyright holder is EBU. I upload this image when the high quality logos from the Eurovision site (www.eurovision.tv/pages/press) were revealed, in order readers can see it clearly. Please, revert the picture to its original size. Dimsar01 (talk) 20:15, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It was reduced per Non-free content criteria, specifically Policy > Minimal Usage > Minimal extent of use which states "Low- rather than high-resolution/fidelity/bit rate is used (especially where the original could be used for deliberate copyright infringement)." Hope that helps -- Cheers,   Ri l ey   07:53, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Rotten Tomatoes score/0088247
Template:Rotten Tomatoes score/0088247 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ricky81682 (talk) 23:19, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Resizing screenshots?
Theo, could you set a filter so that screenshots with standard screen sizes (640x480, 800x600) are not processed by the bot?

This would avoid changes like the one at, which rendered the image unusable.

At least for those sizes below 1024x768, the resolution is low by today standards, so further reducing them is not required by non-free image policy.

Thanks Diego (talk) 09:58, 29 February 2016 (UTC)


 * The article only uses 300×225 pixels, so apparently the person who included the file in the article thought that that pixel count is sufficient. Why do you think that a larger pixel count is needed on the file information page? The purpose of a non-free file is always to display the file in an article, whereas other features, such as viewing the file on its file information page, are secondary and don't need to be considered when determining the appropriate quality of the file. If the file is 'unusable' at the resolution in which it is used in the article, then the file is 'unusable' in the article and should be made 'usable' there instead. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:04, 29 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I must vehemently agree with Diego, any computer screenshot reduced to your bot's ludicrous standards is worthless. Just look at the pic of Windows 10, for example... you can hardly tell what the damn system looks like! There is no point in reducing pictures to make them the size of a thumbnail. Hell, the point of a thumbnail is to be a clickable link to a bigger picture. --Stormwatch (talk) 09:27, 8 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Stefan, for a start the size of images in an article is a user preference, so different users may see different sizes. Ditto if you print the article to text, which will use the resolution of the printer. Moreover, the expected way to see images in articles is to click on the image and see them in full screen in the media viewer; so the thumbnail size is not a good estimator of the 'usable' size of the image. Diego (talk) 16:12, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Still running Task 22?
Is this bot still updating Rotten Tomatoes score? I haven't seen any recent updates in the bot's contributions.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 13:16, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Could you disable this task? The template has been deprecated and we're in the process of removing the subpages, but the bot recreated a subpage that was deleted at TfD. ~ RobTalk 14:20, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Rob; Request filed here, Theo isn't very active onwiki. :'( -- Cheers,   Ri l ey   22:44, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Task 1
Task 1, the image resizer, is not working correctly. Recently, it is only re-sizing a few images per day, rather than all the images in Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests. This is leaving images needing re-sizing waiting, which is not normal for the bot to do. It also has not been re-sizing the way it used to, where it simply makes a smaller version of the same file. To see what I am talking about, look at File:Somebody-Told-Me.jpg and the version the bot uploaded.

Now, I would submit this as a ticket on GitHub, but seeing as how I don't have an account there, and I'd rather not make one. Elisfkc (talk) 15:13, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * This problem happens once in a while. See for example and  above. I suspect that some files cause the bot to crash and that the bot stops when it hits one of the files which can't be reduced, but I don't know how to find the file(s) which can't be reduced. Also, the bot operator is very inactive, and I'm not sure if he's reading this talk page. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:21, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Blocked
This account has been temporarily, though indefinitely blocked for recreating pages against current community consensus, this was first brought up on 19 March, but has not been resolved. Please see Bot_owners'_noticeboard for additional information. Any admin may unblock this account once the operator has addressed this issue. — xaosflux  Talk 23:25, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Unblocked per discussion on WP:BON. — xaosflux  Talk 13:34, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

File:JWTM Burning Water (Remastered).jpg listed for discussion
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API change will break this bot
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Reduction issues
bsd. The reduction code used by this bot has some issue which leaves some outline artifacts, even on lossless PNG images. See this image (version by theo's bot), as compared to the one i uploaded. Also, file sizes (KB, not pixels) could be smaller.--Ben Stone 19:54, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

disclosing size reduction
Hello little bot :), it would be neat to show what is your image resizing target : since Template:Non-free_use_rationale doesn't specify what should be a low res, in effect it's the little bot which enforces it which determines what is low res enough. I saw in the code that its target is 0.1 Megapixel (316*316 if it's a square), isn't it? If so, I will size my uploads for that to avoid having deleted previous versions. I would add I suggest a whooping doubling of the target to 0.2 megapixels (447*447, +41% linear dimensions) : time advances, cameras have much finer sensors, internet tubes are much larger and displays are ultra high res. Having a 316*316 image on a (useless, granted) 800dpi 4K smartphone makes it 0.395 in per side, not a thumbnail but a Little finger fingernail! --Marc Lacoste (talk) 16:50, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

File:Cheadle Hulme School Crest.jpg listed for discussion
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Mellanox Logo
Hi there. Can you upload the Mellanox logo in such a way that I could use it in Hbrew wikipedia?Ofir michael (talk) 10:02, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

File:Visual_Pinball_X_rendition_of_Williams's_"Tales_of_the_Arabian_Nights"_(screenshot).jpg
Hi! I already downsized this non-free image (as requested from the upload sheet) from Full HD down by a factor of 2.3 when uploading it. So could you please disable the bot on that image, as it will be way to small and pixelated then in the end? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.177.83.77 (talk) 19:49, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikiwork data
Can someone guide me how to generate the wikiwork data? The bot seems to have stopped updating the data after July 2015. — I B  [ Poke  ] 05:37, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Bot has stalled
Hi Theo. The bot is no longer reducing non-free images; it only did three in the last batch and seven the day before, but there's over 500 that are tagged. If you could have a look please that would be great. Sorry for not reporting via Github as directed; it says my username is taken but it my email "can't be found" so I have no way to log in. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:35, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

This may be related. Thanks, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:51, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Created GitHub account and logged error - https://github.com/theopolisme/theobot/issues/42 Ron h jones (Talk) 01:24, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Theo, the bot's edits have tapered off to nothing. Is there any way you could find the time to get this working reliably again? I would also appreciate it if you could tell us what's the best way to contact you or report issues, as none of our talk page posts (or even the GitHub post) ever get a reply. Thank you, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:20, 11 December 2016 (UTC) (I have emailed a copy of this message as well.)
 * I emailed as well. Think we are looking at an inactive editor - view their last ever edit  Is there someone we could ask to take over the bot? I did look at the script, but I'm very rusty with Python. Ron h jones (Talk) 00:07, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I think we should ask at WP:VPT to see if there's anyone who could take over operation of this bot. Would you mind doing that if you have a minute? — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:49, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Done, no takers (Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_152), also now posted at Bot_requests Ron h jones (Talk) 19:46, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Pinball cover image, etc.
Wouldn't it be good if the upload wizard could auto-reduce any fair use images? Or even prevent upload until manually reduced? Or at least warn the uploader it might be too large? Thanks. anyway. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:51, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Better to post at WP:VPT, rather than here Ron h jones (Talk) 19:48, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Ron. anyway. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:04, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

File:British Admiralty Naval Cipher Page 5.jpg
Theo's_Little_Bot Hi, It's reduced a page of scanned text, which was readable to something which is unreadable and useless. scope_creep (talk) 14:41, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Malfunctioning: ignored 7 day wait
Your bot is malfunctioning. It deleted my File:Progression_of_Big_Boy_logos.png immediately after being tagged rather than after the seven day wait period for response. The larger graphic of non-free content is acceptable because it is a composition of smaller marks. The article will be modified. — βox73 (৳alk) 16:13, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
 * There is no waiting period for files tagged, so the bot is not malfunctioning. Non-free reduce says In most cases, this reduction will occur automatically: simply wait 24 hours and a robot will resize the image file. Also, the bot does not delete anything. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 17:02, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 24 hours! This happened before 7 hours passed. Further, that's not what how the template displays; it says seven days. How about fixing the template.
 * Automatically resizing images to odd percentages (like TLB) creates poor quality results. Further, this image is a composition of smaller marks, most not in use. The size of the individual marks was not considered. (Trust me, Big Boy would aggressively protest potential misuse.) No good faith consideration was given to either issue. — βox73 (৳alk) 18:53, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Permission to use figure in a book.
Dear Theo's Little Bot,

I am working with Prof. Steven LaValle to help obtain permissions for borrowing figures or pictures in his upcoming book Virtual Reality, to be published by Cambridge University Press. The book is online here:

http://vr.cs.uiuc.edu/

We are hoping to include the picture of yours (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/The_Dress_%28viral_phenomenon%29.png) in this book (Chapter 6, Figure 20 ). Could we please have your permission for this? Thank you.

Please contact me at

Sincerely,

Adam Warkoczewski — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.8.249.2 (talk) 10:26, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Theo's Little Bot is a bot and cannot respond to you. If you have questions about the image, try asking at Media copyright questions. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 15:24, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Bad image reduction of musical score
Just to let TLB's handler(s) know, the file File:Linear counterpoint from Stravinsky's Octet.png, depicting an excerpt of a musical score, has been rendered almost illegible by TLB's reduction algorithm. I'm assuming the bot edited this image because it's marked as copyright (it was published in 1923, which means it's still within the 95-year copyright in the US despite being public domain elsewhere).

Not blaming the bot for following orders (in fact it's the fault of whoever uploaded a musical score as a PNG not an SVG!) 86.130.177.151 (talk) 15:33, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Hannibal key art.jpg listed for discussion
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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Memorial to Oleg Babayev in Kremenchug Ukraine.jpg


A tag has been placed on File:Memorial to Oleg Babayev in Kremenchug Ukraine.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

replaced by free File:Пам'ятник Олегу Бабаєву.jpg

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, pages that meet certain criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Lexusuns (talk) 18:22, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Torcuato Fernández-Miranda.jpg listed for discussion
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File:Floodgap gopher fun menu.PNG is effectively ruined by your bot
Can't see anything, not really an example of anything but wasted bytes now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by .tekrox (talk • contribs) 13:34, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Can you please resize my photo?
Hello user:Theo's_Little_Bot

Here is the non-free image File:Ayushman_Bhava-serial.jpg. Adjust or Reduce size of non-free image.

Thanks - user:siddiqsazzad001 —Preceding undated comment added 15:59, 30 September 2017



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Reducing the size of images on the kruppel-like factors page.
Hi Theo,

Please do not reduce the file size of "KLF4props2.png", and "Major pathways KLF4 3.png" again on the kruppel-like factors page. I drew these images following non-free images, but since I redrew them they are entirely my work, even if they look similar to the originals.

Thanks you,

Chase — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChaseSteele (talk • contribs) 04:54, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * A bot is not going to reply to your message. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:55, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Bot currently reducing images by less than 3.5%
Theo, your bot is currently reducing images by less than 3.5% (linear). Does this serve any useful purpose, other than degrading the detailed image quality?

Time to stop now (at least on pre-existing images). Your bot's work is done. Jheald (talk) 11:46, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Just came here to report the same thing. Is there anywhere the new size requirement is described? Or were the edits made by a previous bot (DashBOT) incorrect?-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 10:41, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * According to the bot’s page User: Theo's Little Bot the image reducing task, task 1, is currently disabled.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 10:45, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Reenabled by ; also disabled it. Seems to be enabled when DatBot is down? Galobtter (pingó mió) 11:11, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * DatBot does keep stalling, DatGuy is looking into it. Both bots use (more or less) the same code and remove the ((tl|non-free reduce)) banner if the reduction is less than 5%. No idea who set 5% up as the permitted allowance - must have been back when the guideline was set in 2011, and I was not active in that area at that time. If any image is badly changed, then do ask me to check, we can either add non-free no reduce or maybe a small crop of unneeded space (I've done a few of those for the better). Ron h jones </b>(Talk) 15:44, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * That does not explain what I am seeing, which is an image being reduced by a trivial amount (3%, not 5%), as it had already been reduced by a bot. It surely does not need reducing twice, the main effect of it is worse compression artefacts. Is there no central guideline on image size both bots should be following, making repeated reductions unnecessary?-- JohnBlackburne words<sub style="margin-left:-2.0ex;">deeds 15:52, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * File:Blueberry Girl Cover.jpg was reduced by ~5.47%. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 17:54, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, so by pixels not by linear dimension (which is what is normally used here to measure images). Still, 3% or 5%, it had already been reduced by a bot once. Was the size requirement changed so all images now have to be resized to a new smaller size? If not the bot could surely check if the image had already been reduced, from its history, so not redo the same task.-- JohnBlackburne words<sub style="margin-left:-2.0ex;">deeds 19:13, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:IMAGERES is based on pixels. The bot reduces when the image is tagged with non-free reduce. The tagging editor should check the file history. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 19:42, 15 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Interesting contrast between the above and the discussion when guidance on image size was first added to WP:NFC. ("my suggestion is to advise that aiming for images no larger than 0.1 MP is not going to trip anyone's red flag as to what is "low resolution". That's not to say a 0.2 MP is improper, or the like, but when you start getting up much higher than, you'd better have good reason.") The 0.1 Mpx figure was originally added with the intention that it was only to be a very very rough guide. The proper approach on this is now also being discussed in a current thread at WT:NFC.  Jheald (talk) 12:39, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

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Bot stripping off file Source
Your bot stripped off the file source of File:Pennsylvania 2017 license plate.jpg. I was informed of this yesterday, and I have now fixed this. The source I originally uploaded was in the file history, but it was still annoying to have to go and put it back in again after I received notification on my Talk page. Just thought you should know. Zcarstvnz (talk) 07:51, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Hello Theo's Little Bot Can You Please Add The Essential Roy Orbison Or The Essential Van Morrison Once You Ge A Chance. Thanks Ben — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ben2719941 (talk • contribs) 12:38, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

BPC Logo
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Add image to Tales of Yajikita College
Hi, Can you help me by adding the image at the location below to the Tales of Yajikita College infobox. I'm having trouble with completing the upload form. The image data would be something like what you did for Karakuri Circus:

Thanks. Ozflashman (talk) 02:22, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

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Greek football clubs emblems
Hello friend. How are you?

Do you know how to put in english wikipedia the emblems of these teams as they are in greek wikipedia, in high quality? I did it, but they asked me to reduce it and I didn't know how to do it. As you can see the emblems of these teams in english wikipedia are in quality carpets because they have changed their size. Can you fix it like they are in greek wikipedia?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by GRanemos1 (talk • contribs) 18:23, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Trikala F.C. emblem: Τρίκαλα
 * Olympiacos Volou 1937 F.C. emblem: Ολυμπιακός Βόλου
 * Egaleo F.C. emblem: Αιγάλεω
 * Platanias F.C. emblem: Πλατανιάς
 * Apollon Smyrni F.C. emblem: Απόλλων Σμύρνης
 * GAS Ialysos 1948 F.C. emblem: Ιάλυσος
 * A.E.K. (sports club) emblem: Α.Ε.Κ.

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success and warning classes
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Fixed your talk page archiving
Hi! I took the liberty of fixing the auto-archiving settings at the top of this page. --rchard2scout (talk) 11:47, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Latest version
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why
this is a bot that goes around lowering the resolution of images that it deems "non-free"? this is absolutely absurd. please stop lowering the resolution of images. FAIR USE does not require lowering resolution. PLEASE STOP DOING THIS File:George_Adamski_1.jpg — holly  {chat} 17:50, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

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