[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Behavior on deleting images

[Toby Bartels]

[Note:  The message that I'm replying to didn't appear on <wikipedia-l>.]

Brion Vibber wrote:

>It strikes me as violating the principle of least astonishment that
>"Delete this page" and the little "(del)" link next to the current image
>revision do different things on an image description page, namely:

>* "Delete this page" deletes only the image description page, leaving
>the image file and its revisions intact, and the image remains in the
>images list

>* "(del)" deletes the image file, any old revisions, the entry from the
>images list, *and* the description page.

>User expectation seems to be that "delete this page" should perform the
>second function.

I agree with Brion.

But I think that the change should appear on the main list too,
since presumably some people have acclimated themselves to the old way.
Hence I am crossposting this reply.


-- Toby