Forum:New image uploaded

Does anyone know why a file called "Wikia-Visualization-Main.png" had been uploaded? I've found it at several wiki's. Just wondering what it is. 16:27, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * Been noticing this myself after it appeared on mine, and google shows pretty much every wiki having it from the same IP address. Very odd. Yami Michael 16:31, August 27, 2012 (UTC)

Yes. And the IP address is 127.0.0.1. Our computers are uploading images by themselves? Very odd indeed. 16:39, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * I've also found a few wikis using "Wikia-Visualization-Add-1" and "Wikia-Visualization-Add-2" too. Yami Michael 16:43, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * And judging by Special:Contributions/127.0.0.1, its even weirder. Yami Michael 16:45, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * Its something that wikia uses. See it had created a template for DPL. 16:58, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * So the real question should be...what exactly is this visualization? Is it for the images on http://www.wikia.com/Wikia? Yami Michael 17:05, August 27, 2012 (UTC)

It's pretty obvious that it's for the Wikia Main page, and 127.0.0.1 is Wikia itself.--Sxerks (talk) 17:06, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * 127.0.0.1 is something called localhost. Here, it's Wikia's IP address. (Don't ask me to explain, cause I don't understand either) There's obviously a glitch on the servers, as I believe those edits should be coming from User:WikiaBot.
 * The images themselves are used by the homepage for spotlights. I highly recommend not deleting them.
 * Well, reverting the delete, but you figure it would generally would of been posted about before or after doing an edit over that many wikis. Then again, they might be trying to revert it currently. *shrug* Yami Michael 17:10, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * There would have been no need to announce the uploads, as the edits should have happened on the invisible bot. ;)
 * For general wiki updates, sure. But I cant imagine I'm the only wiki that tries to keep certain things like "UnusedPhotos" and such to a minimum. Yami Michael 17:24, August 27, 2012 (UTC)

I agree with Yami. This isn't really a "background" update for software or something like that. Like Yami, I also use UnusedPhotos and UncategorizedPhotos on an almost daily basis. 17:34, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * Programming the bot to add a summary explaining why they're adding copyrighted material to our wikis without any licensing text wouldn't have hurt-- Category:Acer4666 22:56, August 27, 2012 (UTC)

Hey guys, this is in preparation for a feature we're releasing on Wednesday in regards to promoting your wiki on wikia.com. I apologize if it spammed your logs, as that was not our intention. Please do not delete or edit any of the images as this may cause problems for your wiki. On Wednesday you will be able to upload and change any of the images. Just please sit tight until then. Once again I apologize for any confusion. Trellar http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 23:25, August 27, 2012 (UTC)


 * If we've added categories to the images, should these edits be reverted and the categories removed? Or should we not edit the file pages any further?-- Category:Acer4666 23:32, August 27, 2012 (UTC)


 * "Please do not delete or edit any of the images", so just the image not the info on the File page, I personally protected the ones on my wikis not sure why there weren't auto protected.--Sxerks (talk) 00:57, August 28, 2012 (UTC)


 * Wikia should have informed all the admins on all the wikis with a bot-auto-message to their talk pages/walls telling them Wikia was adding something, and not to touch it. As it is, I'm betting several admins will have done something to all this (like delete them), since no notice was given to anyone, and I doubt all admins will have read this post. -- ForestMonthZero (talk) 05:44, August 28, 2012 (UTC)


 * My experience is that Wikia is none too good at that kind of thing (as this latest farce also shows); when an "important" announcement of an upcoming feature was made on the Doom wiki recently, it was made only to me, although I'm only an admin; I'm not the bureaucrat. -- RobertATfm (talk) 11:42, August 28, 2012 (UTC)


 * Will Wikia take responsibility for copyright violations created through this bot update? -- ForestMonthZero (talk) 05:45, August 28, 2012 (UTC)

So is this what User_blog:Trellar/A_new_way_to_promote_your_wiki is all about? -- 76.65.128.252 05:13, August 30, 2012 (UTC)