On 23 Nov 2005, at 02:51, geni wrote:
Vandals don't seem to have much effect on this area. Most vandalism I
see does not ivolve fair use images.
My basic point remains. An image should never be
speedy-deleted soley
because it's an orphan, because with the current software there's
no way
to tell whether its orphanhood is a temporary state. Such images
should
be given more careful consideration, at the very least a time
delay to
allow for the possibility that its orphan status will change in
the near
future.
As and when you find us enough admins to do the above we will. Untill
then mass deletion is the only tool in the box.
And you (not geni, bryan) didnt bother to read my email that pointed
out that
the current process notifies the uploader and waits a week after tagging
the image is orphaned fair use and then checks it is still orphaned.
This isnt written in the policy but its the current process, because it
is easier to operate in fact.
See
http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/cgi-bin/
report_orphan_fair_use.py
and discussion on WP:FU
Justinc