User talk:Cropbot/Archive 1

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Hallo, please stop cropping images by Brogi. The signature in the images is an importantn part in the vexed quaestion of authorship of these 100 years old images. In other words, caption is an integral part of the image, it is printed on the very photography, not added aftetrwards. You are deleting detail from the images. Thanks #REDIRECT Insert text

#What if Cropbot causes problems?. Greetings, --Luxo 17:08, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

hi, please don't crop images by Tetraktys. This one (Image:Martino-constituição-MHN.jpg) has a frame of historical value since it shows the coat of arms of the Brazilian Empire. i have also posted some other pics with frames and i hope they stay framed. if you wish cropped versions it's ok, but then please upload them as another file. thanks tetraktys (talk) 11:14, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

#What if Cropbot causes problems?. Greetings, --Luxo 17:08, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

First, when I go here, it's a bit of a dead end. There should be a link back to User:Cropbot or something.

Second, isn't it possible to upload the crop as a new file, in cases where a crop is desirable but you don't want to discard to uncropped version? Could this be added? Richard001 (talk) 05:46, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Richard001. First, yes I could make a link there :)

Second, thats already possible. Under the "Edit summary" field is a checkbox "overwrite actual file". remove the check, then you can enter a new file name. Greetings, --Luxo 16:18, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh, Hi Luxo. I just figured this out today myself when I looked at the 'overwrite' checkbox, wondering what happened if I didn't overwrite. A couple more ideas: is it possible to allow dragging in any direction, not just downwards and to the right? Also, I find the screen that says

"Login

login successful!

> Next"

a bit pointless. It would probably be better if you just got taken straight to the next one (where you select the image) if possible. Richard001 (talk) 06:35, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

allow dragging in any direction is not easy, that's a very complicated javascript. But I will look what I can do, probably I find a solution. --Luxo 16:43, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

You seem to have solved it, very nice. I'm getting some weird file names now though. It tells me that it's a 'bad name', but actually uploads under the name give with a '-', e.g. File:-Red-capped Robin-chat (Cossypha natalensis) on tap, cropped close-up.jpg. Do you know why it might be doing this? Could it be the new 'file:' rather than 'image:' prefix?

And another: File:-Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) on ground, close-up.jpg. I get the error message

'Bad title

The requested page title was invalid, empty, or an incorrectly linked inter-language or inter-wiki title. It may contain one or more characters which cannot be used in titles.

Return to Main Page.'

I used the file's original name with ", close-up" added, though I doubt this detail is important. Richard001 (talk) 02:00, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Moin Luxo! Ich hab nun immer wieder den Cropbot ausprobiert, doch ich scheitere immer am TUSC-Login. Wenn ich mit dem "flickr-by-sa zu Commons"-Tool arbeitet, funktionierte TUSC immer problemlos. Beim Cropbot bekomme ich immer die Meldung "username or password not correct. It seems that you don't have a TUSC account.". Dabei habe ich einen Account, und gebe garantiert das richtige Passwort ein. Ich hab sogar extra nochmal diesen Token eingefügt, um mein Passwort nochmal zu ändern, um wirklich sicher zu gehen, dass es stimmt. Von daher kann ich mir diese TUSC-Fehlermeldung nicht erklären. Hast du eine Idee, worans liegen kann? --Nyks (talk) 18:29, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Ich kann mir das auch gerade nicht erklären. Ich habe schnell einen zusätzlichen Test eingebaut, kannst du mir sagen ob er jetzt einen Internal Error meldet oder immer noch It seems that you don't have a TUSC account?--Luxo 20:15, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Habe es gerade selbst probiert, es gibt ersteres. Ich gucke es mir an.--Luxo 20:28, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Ich muss morgen (gegen abend) weiter suchen, ich finde den Fehler heute nicht mehr. Falls du Cropbot vorher schon benutzen möchtest gibt's Trick 77: Erstelle einen Account bei gWatch und melde dich dort an. Dann gehst du wieder zu Cropbot, wo nun steht dass du dich für Cropbot Identifizieren musst. Dort kannst du nun statt TUSC Use normal confirmation wählen, das ist ein eigenes System von Cropbot und geht nicht über TUSC, funktioniert fast gleich.--Luxo 22:14, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Danke schonmal :) Ein wenig Warten kann ich noch. --Nyks (talk) 16:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Es funktioniert wieder. Grund des Unterbruchs ist da zu finden. Gruss--Luxo 20:07, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Luxo, does lossless cropping leave more or less than the user selected? --Flominator (talk) 19:24, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Hallo, +-15px, genaueres steht auf der Vorderseite. Allerdings funktioniert es im Moment nicht, der Grund ist auch vorne erklärt... Ich hoffe dass die neue Version bald installiert wird. Gruss, --Luxo 19:31, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi,

it seems cropbot does not recognize filenames correctly sometimes. In http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bart_de_graaff.JPG it did not recognize the + in the filename, and omitted it totally (original: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bart_de_graaf_%2B_monique_knol.JPG ). Effeietsanders (talk) 13:48, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Heute spuckt Cropbot folgende Meldung aus, nachdem man die Datei ausgewählt hat:

Warning: file_get_contents(http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=File%3AAir+Power+Park.JPG∝=imageinfo&iiprop=timestamp%7Cuser%7Ccomment%7Curl%7Csize%7Csha1%7Cmime%7Cmetadata%7Carchivename&format=php): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden in /home/luxo/public_html/cropbot/cropbot.php on line 101 Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/luxo/public_html/cropbot/cropbot.php on line 103 image not found...

Gruß, --GDK (talk) 14:26, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Fixed :-) Gruss,--Luxo 18:10, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Please stop to vandalise the images coming from the Bundesarchiv. The text ist part of the historic pictures. You may upload a cropped version with a new name. --Eingangskontrolle (talk) 18:33, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

+1. --Matthiasb (talk) 18:56, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

User:Cropbot#What_if_Cropbot_causes_problems.3F--Luxo 20:05, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Well ok I see that problem. I'll make a reupload-block fpr Bundesarchiv-images. Greetings--Luxo 20:20, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Done with r204. Reupload of Bundesarchiv images ist not possible anymore. Greetings,--Luxo 20:38, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Well but if I read Commons_talk:Bundesarchiv/Archiv_1#Watermarks_.2F_Captions cropping is welcome. I've reverted my block. Greetings,--Luxo 20:54, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Please re-revert the block. The discussion you read was in 2008. The subject of half-automated cropping and overwriting of the Bundesarchiv files is intensely discussed in de:wp now again - The dissent could be solved easily with allowing cropbot only to reupload Bundesarchiv images with a new filename such as (filename)-cropped.jpg. Could he be trained that way? Greetings, --Joyborg (talk) 09:25, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

continue there...--Luxo 21:27, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

I certainly don't want my uploaded pictures croped. Can this be stopped and reverted? --Holger rix (talk) 13:39, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

If you look e.g. at File:Mehmke-Steingrab-2-a.jpg#filehistory, you see that User:Finavon has cropped your file(s). Cropbot shows you in every edit which user operates the bot, look with this user if you have a problem with the edits. greetings,--Luxo 18:26, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Hallo Luxo, nettes Tool! Allerdings:

1: Es frisst während des Beschnittrahmenauswählens die komplette CPU-Zeit (Penitum M 1,6 GHz, FF 3.5.9, OpenSUSE 11.1) auf. Dadurch kann ich kaum richtig die Anfasser mit der Maus bewegen, weil es "ruckelt". Ich nehme an, dass das die umlaufenden Ameisen sind. Gibt es eine Möglichkeit das mit weniger CPU-Verbrauch zu machen?

2: Wie bekomme ich eine genaue Auswahl hin? Reinzoomen geht ja nicht. Kann man also nur relativ ungenau arbeiten? Viele Grüße --Saibo (Δ) 14:14, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

1.) Hmm das fällt mir das erste Mal auf wie viel das vom CPU fordert... Braucht bei mir auch so 30-40% bei 3GHz.... Ich benutze für die Auswahl ein Framework, mal gucken ob da etwas bekannt ist...

2.) Ja, genauer geht nicht, zoomen ist nicht möglich. Für genaues Arbeiten bleibt im Moment nur Runterladen und im Grafikprogramm bearbeiten. Gruss,--Luxo 15:35, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Alles klar, dann bin ich ja wenigstens schonmal nicht der "Schuldige". Ich werde dann wohl auch für reine crop-Aufgaben bei GIMP bleiben. Danke für die Antwort und viele Grüße --Saibo (Δ) 02:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Prints, engravings and etchings are properly presented with their border around them. That is the way it is done. However, some wikipedia editors may prefer to use cropped versions in some contexts. Please retain the uncropped version of every print, drawing, etching etc that you crop. Please return to any such artworks that you have cropped and return the borders to them. Amandajm (talk) 00:24, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello Amandajm, the cropbot is only a tool used by individual users and it does not do anything automatically - like a graphics program on your computer. Users can select between creating a new file with the cropped version or uploading the crop as a new file version.

Please look in the file history which user operated the bot; then ask this user. He was the one who made the settings, executed and is responsible.

Example: File:Autobuskaliszf.jpeg: it was cropped by User:Yarl (see in the file history at the bottom of the page). Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 16:35, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Whould it be possible to do more cropps from one image please. There are files on commons, which needs more croppes. And even the function of rotation would help. Looks on this file, and there are more of them.--Juan de Vojníkov (talk) 12:55, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Maybe a first help:

Rotating of fractions of 90° is not that easy - but this is needed here. Best use GIMP (or another image manipulation program) to crop and rotate exactly and then upload using derivativeFX. If you like me to, I can cut this image into pieces. ;)

If you just need several crops, you can just hit the back button in crop bot (if I remember correctly) or simply use it repeatedly. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 17:36, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

OK. So it would be better to do this in GIMP and than upload it via Commonist. DerivativeFX look unfriendly for me.--Juan de Vojníkov (talk) 09:35, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes. DerivativeFX is just one possibility to upload. When using other tools, make sure that you use the original license and give a link to the original file in the "source=" field. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 16:49, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

There is always double upload of cropped image with this bot, please resolve File:Danaid Eggfly.jpg & File:Tailed Jay Bangalore.jpg --...Captain......Tälk tö me 04:37, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

I am nearly to 100% sure that this is not a fault of Cropbot. It was nearly surely the operating users' (User:Captainofhope) fault. See the time spam between the reuploads? 1 min in your 1st example, 3 mins in your 2nd example. If it was a fault of the bot the double upload would typically be right after the first but not that late and not with varying wait time.

Probably he used the "back" button of his browser and hit again on "ok, upload". Please ask this user. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 16:55, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

User itself written this error, as i am 100% sure that i didnt hit the back button, I cropped first image, then clicked the upload button 1 time, and wait for sometime and the browser keep on showing the rotating progress bar...I checked the file page using another tab, then realize that it was a double upload, Immediately closed all windows and tried with another image, again it made the same mistake, I was using Google Chrome...please have a look at this error...is it a browser crash..??? ...Captain......Tälk tö me 19:31, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Feature request/bug: EXIF is killed (at least when cropping lossless). Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 00:23, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm seconding this. Adding "-copy all" (for EXIF & image comments) and "-optimize" to Jpegtran's command line options would be a simple but very beneficial improvement. —Quibik (talk) 17:46, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

@Luxo: It looks like you "fixed" this at some point but it wasn't noted here.

Request: Please create/maintain a fork of cropbot (without this fix) that just removes exif data from photos? There's still a call for exif location data removal on some of the photos mentioned atCommons:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive_45#Privacy --Elvey (talk) 03:06, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Please modify your bot so it does not copy flickrreview tags. These new uploads are detected by the Flickrreview bot as "Images never editted by their reviewer" and placed here. The old tags should either be removed during the reupload process or a new review should be requested by placing a blank {{Flickrreview}} tag. --Denniss (talk) 19:22, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Bump, this is still an issue and needs fixing. --Denniss (talk) 13:08, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your help, but can you please remove any of my uploads from this bots scan? The images I upload I intentionally do with borders (as they appear in publication), plus the first one I listed removed a significant amount. - Theornamentalist (talk) 04:02, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello,

Cropbot does'nt work when the name of the file contain this character : "

Example : test to cropt this file : File:Alicja Dąbrowska w spektaklu "Ccy-Witkac-Y".jpg

Can you resolve it ?

Greetings --M0tty (talk) 23:26, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Done.--Luxo 12:42, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks !

Hello! Great tool! Have a look at this edit. I suppose the reason the cropped image is larger than the original is becuase the user cropped exactly instead of losslessly? Would it be possible to have cropbot specify in the edit summary "cropped exactly" or "cropped exactly"? If it is the users themselves who write the summaries, can then perhaps cropbot suggest an appropriate edit summary? --Bensin (talk) 02:00, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Good idea, yes. The user can edit the edit summary - "cropped" is the default text. The image you've linked to was apparently lossy cropped - yes. Lossless cropped images are never bigger. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 02:10, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

... so my suggestion is that the tool propose either "cropped exactly" or "cropped exactly" as the summary, depending on what action the user took, but also allow the user to modify the summary. --Bensin (talk) 17:05, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

I would suggest "cropped exactly (lossy)" or "cropped (lossless)". We do should not mention "non exactly" at the lossless mode since it also can be exact - if the raster just matches the desired crop line. That can be controlled in the preview. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 18:37, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Wow! "'cropped exactly' or 'cropped exactly'" Could my last two comments have been more ambiguous? :-) I agree with Saibo's suggestion. --Bensin (talk) 05:17, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Dag Cropbot, is dit de bronzen kop van Pater van Kilsdonk of die van Willem Aantjes ? Lotje ʘ‿ʘ (talk) 13:06, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Cropbot is a automatic program, which crop files (see user page). Original file this file is File:Willem Aantjes.jpg, maybe knows the uploader, User:Ciell, more about this file. Greetings,--Luxo 13:14, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi,

I cant log in to cropbot, but I am already recognized.--Juandev (talk) 16:54, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Maybe you have changed your password, cropbot controls the tusc login just one time, at the first login. If you change your password later, cropbot don't change the entry in it's own user database. But I've deleted your entry, you can login with your tusc password again. greetings,--Luxo 17:08, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

I will try that, but I havent changed my psw.--Juandev (talk) 21:49, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Cropbot does not upload the cropped image (see File:AichenAlteKirche.jpg and File:Salmon fishing with large loop nets by Native Americans.jpg). It carries on and removes {{Crop}}. Finavon (talk) 13:04, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

See rev:114429 and mailarchive:wikibots-l/2012-March/000340.html. I'll block the bot until the issue is resolved. --Leyo 13:26, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

switched to api upload, back at work. Thanks--Luxo 21:34, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

• File:Isle of Man ferry at Stranraer - geograph.org.uk - 565784.jpg
• File:Apartments, St George's Harbour, Belfast - geograph.org.uk - 576476.jpg
• File:Ardrossan Town station - geograph.org.uk - 569407.jpg
• File:A small part of the Foyle Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 578426.jpg
• File:Donegall Quay, Belfast (1984) - geograph.org.uk - 567268.jpg
• File:High Mill, Marrick - geograph.org.uk - 503350.jpg
• File:Ferry at Stromness - geograph.org.uk - 33729.jpg

Is this a caching issue? Finavon (talk) 13:08, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

All are from geograph and named in the format "File:title - geograph.org.uk - number.jpg". Other crops seem to work. I have manually cropped the current batch. Finavon (talk) 14:52, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Cropbot removes {{Remove border}}. It would help IMHO, if it would also remove Category:Images with borders when used directly. As the category is easier to add, I tend to use it directly. --  Docu  at 12:55, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

... mal wieder! :-) --Mattes (talk) 10:54, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

When I click upload in cropper.php, there is a blank page.--Juandev (talk) 07:21, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

And the crop was not uploaded.--Juandev (talk) 07:23, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Is there an alternative bot than can crop other file types? If not, why not implement those here? FunkMonk (talk) 17:06, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Eh? FunkMonk (talk) 20:12, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I can't log in, as I recently changed my TUSC password. Can you delete my entry in the bot's database? Thanks. --Wylve (talk) 17:09, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

done. Sorry for the long time. Greetings--Luxo 12:55, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

If you're going to do crops, people need to know they're being done. If they can't be seen, and thus can't be checked and reverted, Cropbot needs stopped until this is fixed. As well, it somehow managed to make the crop without any user request. at File:Johannes_Gehrts_-_Thor,_der_Donnergott.jpg Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:44, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I have problem with logging in; didn't change my TUSC password. Can you delete my entry in the bot's database? Thanks in advance. —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 14:54, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Came across this weirdness: File:DANISH WEST INDIA.jpeg. Seems to have been a crop of File:DANISH WEST INDIA & GUINEA COMPANY WAREHOUSE.jpg –⁠moogsi (blah) 12:28, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Also caused by double quotes: a crop of File:Steamer "Claudine" leaving Honolulu.jpg was uploaded to File:Steamer.jpeg –⁠moogsi (blah) 16:25, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm having a problem when I'm about to select this file to crop and it says an error happens, so I would like to know if you could please tell me what I should do or crop the image for me in a way that Taylor Swift is more featured? Regards! Lucas RdS (talk) 06:30, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

• Same here. After logging in, it asks to go on next page. When i enter file name there, page refreshes and it again asks for file name. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 17:24, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
• I have also been unable to use this for some days. FunkMonk (talk) 03:25, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
• Me too. Error message:

Warning: getimagesize(/home/luxo/public_html/cropbot/cache/1374949574-2.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/luxo/public_html/cropbot/cropbot.php on line 147 Warning: chmod(): No such file or directory in /home/luxo/public_html/cropbot/cropbot.php on line 150 Internal error x150 - 1374949574 Regards, --Flominator (talk) 18:27, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Now we get another error

"Can't connect the database. User 'luxo' has exceeded the 'max_user_connections' resource (current value: 15)

why do useful tools have so much problems?...can a few other toolserver admins replicate Luxo's tool and run it as well so if this one goes down, there will always be a backup...There are only 2 useful tools i use, this one and Bryan's flickr Uploader and both having problems recently..toolserver problems?...--Stemoc (talk) 10:49, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

This error comes and goes and is related to the toolserver capacities the tool receives. Just be patient and keep trying. Regards, --Flominator (talk) 15:24, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello, CropBot doesn't work anymore since a few days. It allows one to select a zone to crop, then displays what the image will be like (Upload?). After clicking YES, the description page is displayed with the image unchanged and the history doesn't show any modification. Can you fix it, please? --Flappiefh (talk) 14:50, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Same problem here. FunkMonk (talk) 15:23, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes, it's been down for the last 2 or 3 days now... Oaktree b (talk) 02:19, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Doesnt work even today.--Juandev (talk) 17:39, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Down for nearly 6 days now, someone needs to replicate this tool....we can't have an important tool not work for half a month every month with its creator always away...a Cropbot2.0 perhaps?..its one of the only few useful tools here...--Stemoc (talk) 00:28, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Same problem here. I thought it was something I was doing. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 12:46, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes, same problem here. I wondered for a little while why the image had not updated, until I came here. Rept0n1x (talk) 21:04, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Luxo, the creator made a post after one month and fixed the rotatebot, ignored cropbot....--Stemoc (talk) 01:42, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Cropbot will be back soon, I'm working on it! Greetings--Luxo 07:41, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

He's back to work!--Luxo 11:15, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello Luxo, I can confirm it is working fine now. Thank you very much for fixing it - Best Regards Rept0n1x (talk) 19:54, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, Luxo! --Flappiefh (talk) 08:13, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Much appreciated, Luxo. Thanks. Skeezix1000 (talk) 17:58, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Cropbot is down again, it's been two or three days. Is there not another tool we can use? Oaktree b (talk) 01:15, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes, the one you develop, set up and maintain yourself. In other words, check your attitude. --Elvey (talk) 03:15, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

There should be an option to change the description/categories or at least a notice, that the user shouldn't forget changing them. Often a picture with two persons is cropped and the user doesn't change description and category.--CennoxX (talk) 21:49, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

There is something wrong with Cropbot, A picture that has been uploaded normal gets turned sideways when i try to crop it and even when I try to crop from that (hoping to rotate by saving it to computer and doing it there), it cuts off half the face..has already done this with 2 of my images, an example is this image which cropbot turns sideways when trying to crop.. I know Luxo's isn't around, does anyone know a fix, or an alternate tool to cropbot? Again I reiterate, tools like these need backups...--Stemoc (talk) 02:28, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

We do need a backup for Cropbot. There were two Flickr uploaders, Flickr2Commons and the Upload bot. They changed the interface on F2C, so I have to use the second one now, although F2C was one step... Can we not have an alternate for Cropbot? Oaktree b (talk) 01:17, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi Stemoc, that's because the image is turned by mediawiki software because of the EXIF-Rotation-Tag. You can use {{Rotate|0}}, then Rotatebot will turn the image and reset the exif tag. Greetings, --Luxo (talk) 11:52, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

The bot hasn't worked for me for the last weeks. I get this error: Can't connect the database. User 'luxo' has exceeded the 'max_user_connections' resource (current value: 15) FunkMonk (talk) 22:15, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

I know the problem. I've shut down global user contributions on the toolserver now, this should make capacities for the other tools.--Luxo (talk) 12:25, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Seems to be dead again? FunkMonk (talk) 19:29, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Is there any way to find out the title of the original file from which File:Sant Singh Chatwal.jpg this image was made by CropBot on 12 October 2013? I'm trying to determine if the original was freely licenced or not but the bot does not show any info I can use. Thanks. Ww2censor (talk) 13:00, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Cropbot has a habit to failing to add all licencing information, here is your ORIGINAL pic...--Stemoc (talk) 01:06, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for finding that. I've now fixed that file. Ww2censor (talk) 13:30, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Why have you cropped my photos of Wayne Wang? I want to keep the black frame on both photos: if you don't realize it, this feature means that the photographer shot full frame and cropped in the camera, not afterwards. There's even a name for these photographers: "black line photographers." Please revert back to the full frame. Thank you

#What if Cropbot causes problems?. Greetings, --Elvey (talk) 03:15, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Andy King, Please stop cropping my photos. They are meant to be seen full frame.

#What if Cropbot causes problems?. Greetings, --Elvey (talk) 03:15, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Is this thing working for anyone? Will it be fixed? FunkMonk (talk) 11:58, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Doesn't work for me, the WMFLabs URL for Cropbot only gives me a completely blank page. --Rosenzweig τ 16:38, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Same here. Anyone working to fix it? FunkMonk (talk) 01:27, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

• Hello? Is the operator on vacation or something? Does this thing have to break down every other month? Can we have a replacement? FunkMonk (talk) 19:35, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Still dead as of 08/26/14. --Pete Tillman (talk) 20:37, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

• I've brought it up here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Bots#Cropbot_needs_to_be_fixed FunkMonk (talk) 05:45, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Hallo Cropbot,

in Kürze ist es wieder soweit. Der nun schon traditionelle Fotowettbewerb Wiki Loves Monuments wird im September zum vierten Mal stattfinden. In ähnlicher Form hatte unlängst der Wettbewerb "Wiki Loves Earth" eine erfolgreiche Premiere. Zu allen bisherigen vier Wettbewerben haben seit 2011 gut 3000 unterschiedliche Teilnehmer (User) ihren Beitrag geleistet. Du warst dabei, und bist auch herzlich eingeladen, am bevorstehenden WLM-Wettbewerb wieder dabei zu sein.

Allein in Deutschland wurden in den letzten drei Jahren im Rahmen von WLM rund 100.000 Fotos zu den insgesamt ca. 850.000 Kulturdenkmalen bundesweit hochgeladen. Jährlich haben sich mehrere Hundert Wiki-Fotographen daran beteiligt. Auch im kommenden Denkmalmonat wird dies gewiss wieder der Fall sein. Der Tag des offenen Denkmals am 14. September bietet bundesweit vielfältige Möglichkeiten, Denkmale nicht nur von außen, sondern auch von innen zu fotografieren. Denkmallisten sind dabei ein wichtiger Orientierungspunkt und zugleich auch Ziel der Einbindung der Fotos. Auch in diesem Jahr sind wieder neue Denkmallisten hinzugekommen, die hilfreich bei der Planung von individuellen oder Gruppen-Fototouren sind und auf eine Bebilderung warten, wie z.B. zu Görlitz oder Zittau. Unter den Landeshauptstädten fehlt nur noch Stuttgart. Aber auch hier ist Licht in Sicht.

In der Mitte Deutschlands hat die Denkmallandschaft der thüringischen Landeshauptstadt Erfurt nun das Licht der Wikipedia-Welt entdeckt. Mehr als 50 Tabellen enthalten 3.700 Denkmale. Allein die wunderschön restaurierte Altstadt umfasst 1.800 Denkmale. Eine von WMDE geförderte WLM-Fototour nach Erfurt am Wochenende vom 29. – 31. August lädt herzlich ein, diese einzigartige Kulturlandschaft zu dokumentieren. Mehr Informationen findest Du auf der Projektseite.

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Viel Spaß beim größten Fotowettbewerb der Wiki(m/p)edia wünscht Dir das Orga-Team.

( Bernd Gross, 16. August 2014)