# Non-Square Avatar Upload Warning

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-square-avatar-upload-warning/27171
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 3, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-square-avatar-upload-warning/27171 "2015-04-03T18:12:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![anon80392659](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@anon80392659](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon80392659)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-square-avatar-upload-warning/27171/1 "2015-04-03T18:12:27Z")

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![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/7/e7182ffdf03fb824582a2b5042254c2875f229f2.png)

Don’t warn me Mr. Uploader, I’m not the one that’s making it not square!

  
In light of the change to circle avatars, maybe that warning should say that the aspect ratio is not 1:1 or something more appropriate. Telling us our avatar isn't square when Discourse is also displaying it cropped into a circle makes the warning confusing, especially if your image was just 256x257 or something and you didn't realize it's not a perfect square.

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### Author: ![tar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tar/32/40576_2.png) [@tar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tar)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-square-avatar-upload-warning/27171/2 "2015-04-03T18:16:25Z")

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#😃 \<blah blah blah blah

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### Author: ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-square-avatar-upload-warning/27171/3 "2015-04-03T18:26:01Z")

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> “Warning: We’ve cropped your image; it was rectangular.”

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-square-avatar-upload-warning/27171/4 "2015-04-03T18:43:53Z")

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> Warning: we’ve cropped your image; width and height were not equal.

Not sure that’s actually better, but I see your point on the circle.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-square-avatar-upload-warning/27171/5 "2015-04-03T20:13:51Z")

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