on a related note admins (who i suspect are the bulk of this lists members) should remember that anyone can throw any tag they like onto a page. When deleting an image because of a tag imo an admin should at MINIMUM.
1: follow any links on the page (especially ones within wikimedia) looking for obvious license/source information 2: check the page history (in case the source/license info was removed by vandals) 3: check that (if applicable) the correct steps to notify the uploader (as mentioned in the no source/license tags) were actually carried out (btw do you think we should change the policies to require notifying users on what appears to be thier primary wiki as well as on commons, i know i only log into commons occasionally atm because i'm not actively involved in any goings on there since the really unused list became unusable). If they weren't notified then the most reasonable course of action is probablly to notify them and reset the clock). 4: perform a check usage (we really need a proper check usage tool that checks all wikis without causing huge server load) and deal with (at least remove and if possible replace) any usage of the image.
-----Original Message----- From: commons-l-bounces@wikimedia.org [mailto:commons-l-bounces@wikimedia.org]On Behalf Of stevertigo Sent: 10 July 2006 22:33 To: commons-l@wikimedia.org Subject: [Commons-l] intelligence in flagging
I just logged in to commons, and found a note reporting a problem with http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bush_War_Budget_2003-crop.jpg
This, as noted in the text, is a crop of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bush_War_Budget_2003.jpg which is found to be public domain.
Those paying close attention will note that the cropped image also has special code in the title, ("-crop") indicating that its a crop of another image. Nevertheless the image got flagged.
This presents itself as a problem as Ive noticed a certain automation, and sadly a lack of intelligence, in flagging particular images. A more productive usage of time would be to simply reference the given link, and add the appropriate information.
Stevertigo
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