[WikiEN-l] Why are images deleted in such a hurry?

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Wed Mar 5 09:25:20 UTC 2008


Matthew Brown wrote:
> Likewise.  That page doesn't even make a link compulsory; all that's
> compulsory is the name of the article.
>
> Even that requirement is relatively new.
>
>  Many older rationales don't necessarily name the article.  On ones i
> did, for instance, I may have put 'Fair use in an article on the
> subject is claimed based on ...'
>
> In this case, the image was uploaded when many believed that the
> {{Promotional}} template was sufficient rationale for an promotional
> image of something in an article about that something.
What's the point in naming the article when "What links here" will 
accomplish the same thing.  Are some people just too lazy to check that?


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