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{{languages|Missing images tool}}
{{historical|comment=This tool has been replaced by [https://petscan.wmflabs.org PetScan], and [https://tools.wmflabs.org/fist/ FIST], also available via [https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/missing_images.html Missing images tool].}}

This page is about the Missing images tool run by [[User:Magnus Manske|Magnus Manske]] on the [[toolserver]].

The tool analyzes a set of articles, either random or from a category, and finds if they have an image or not. For those articles without an image, it follows the links to other languages and checkes for images there, as it is likely that an image there would also be suitable for the original, image-less article.

Found images are checked if they are suitable for use elswhere. Images that reside on commons are marked in blue, and can just be inserted into any article. Other images are marked according to their license categories, good (green), unknown (yellow), or bad (red). A "bad" image, for example, is a "fair use" image from en, as this license is not allowed on many other wikipedias. Found images not on commons are equipped with a link to the [[CommonsHelper]], another tool that tries to lessen the pain of copying/moving an image from a wikipedia to the commons.

Articles are color-coded:
* <span style="background: #FF9797;">''red''</span> = no images and no language links
* <span style="background: #FFFFAA;">''yellow''</span> = no images, but language links
* <span style="background: #B5FFC8;">''green''</span> = has at least one image

Found images are color-coded:
* <span style="background: #A5DBEB;">''blue''</span> = on Commons
* <span style="background: #4BFE78;">''green''</span> = on local Wikipedia, with good license tag (followed by a link to help upload on Commons)
* <span style="background: #FFFFAA;">''yellow''</span> = on local Wikipedia, with unknown license
* <span style="background: #FF9797;">''red''</span> = on local Wikipedia, with a license not allowed on Commons and many wikipedias (e.g., "fair use")

<s>To help the tool avoid "false positives", that is, pages that are shown as having an image when all they have is a tiny symbol in some navigational element, please add common navigational images to the [[Missing images tool/Ignored images|list of ignored images]].</s> This was deactivated due to false negatives, and the tool now has an autodetection of "images used in templates".

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