2006/11/15, Magnus Manske:
Theoretically, one could write a bot which could do the deletions, so no admins get scolded. The idea of a deletion-bot with admin rights (a virtual equivalent of [2];-) might sound scary, but setting it for "no edits for a month since addition of the template", combined with the image resurrection capability, should calm this.
If someone runs such bot, please don't delete more that, let's say, 100 images a day, otherwise CommonsTicker gets stucked :)
I'm not a bot, but I have deleted up to 1000 images per day :)
But seriously, when I've been in a deleting mood, I have also spared tagged images. There are at least three kind of good images amongst tagged images: 1. Vandalism tagging (rare) 2. Ineligible (chemical formulas, PD-art) 3. Images where information has been provided after tagging for deletion. This is the most common group.
These are also reasons why a bot wouldn't be an extremely good idea. Although considering that the time wasted on deleting could be spent better, I'm not totally against a "monster bot", either.