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The following tools may be helpful when working with images and media.

Bots

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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.

Scripts

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Script Creator Description
CommonsHelper Helper Krimpet (t c) OBSOLETE Allows faster use of CommonsHelper, without opening a new window.
Commons Scripts, The Legoktm (t c) OBSOLETE Adds a number of functions that help move images to Commons.
FileScripts Drilnoth (t c) Provides a number of additional helper functions for working with files, including a move-to-Commons script. (still underconstruction).
FurMe AWeenieMan (t c) Easy tagging of images with fair-use rationales and other templates.
IFD thumbnails Ilmari Karonen (t c) Adds thumbnails of images to WP:FFD and WP:PUF.
QuickImgDelete Howcheng (t c) Adds buttons to sidebar to help speed up nominating images for deletion.
TinEye Twp (t c) Searches TinEye for photos. Ported from commons:MediaWiki:Gadget-Tineye.js.
Twinkle AzaToth (t c) Easier listing of images at WP:FFD and WP:PUF and quick addition of "deletable image" tags.

Toolforge

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Tool Creator Description
FIST – Free Image Search Tool Magnus Manske (t c) Searches a wide array of sources for free images that match given search criteria, and helps to import them.
Flickr Free Magnus Manske (t c) Shows the latest freely-licensed images on Flickr, and allows you to import them easily.
ImageChecker Jarry1250 (t c) Searches "image needed" categories to find articles which now have images.
Move-to-commons assistant Magnus Manske (t c) Makes it easier to move images from Wikipedia to Commons. It is used by several scripts above.
Orphaned images JaGa (t c) Locates orphaned images in chosen categories.
User Dupes Magnus Manske (t c) Shows all duplicate images uploaded by a given user.

Browser-based tools

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  • 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.

More resources and tools

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