[WikiEN-l] Deleting orphaned unfree images

[William Pietri]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> If I thought so, then I wouldn't have posted it, eh? :-) My point was to
>> show a real-life example showing how much the system can screw up when
>> everybody operates on a hair trigger; delays of a few days are a chance
>> to correct errors instead of compounding them. Note that some people
>> (Matthew Woodcroft most recently) are also proposing entirely scrubbing
>> revisions that are deemed copyvios, which would make images unrecoverable.
>>     
>
> Your example does indeed show that it's a good thing to wait before
> deleting, but only because it's difficult to undelete. It is now easy
> to undelete, so your example is irrelevant. I know you think otherwise
> - that doesn't make you right.

Hi, Thomas. You seem both very determined to win this argument, and very 
reluctant to explain why it matters so much.

Could you tell me more about what's motivating you here?

Thank,s,

William