----- Original Message ----- From: "Brianna Laugher" brianna.laugher@gmail.com To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" commons-l@wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Deletion of still-used images
In 08/08/06, Patrick-Emil Zörner paddyez@yahoo.de wrote:
--- Brianna Laugher brianna.laugher@gmail.com schrieb:
On 08/08/06, Artur Fijałkowski wiki.warx@gmail.com wrote:
I fully agree - every day I'm trying to see all newimages on special:newimages and I try to delete all copyvio-looking images.
I
know that it's a bit agressive, but I think, that blanking user's upload is the best method of saying ''hi, something is wrong with
your
images''.
Er, I hope you write them a note explaining what they're doing wrong?! Simply deleting someone's images tells them nothing about what mistakes they're making, and therefore does not help them to avoid making them in the future.
Tell people twice? There is a big fat notice telling you what to do when you upload an image. The consequences are known (BTW red and even fat letters):
People are stupid and don't read instructions; Wikimedians are no exception. Of course you don't _have_ to (explain what they're doing wrong). But if you want to stop the root behaviour, I think it's more helpful than not explaining. Because if you're already at the point where you need to delete someone's work, it's pretty obvious they didn't read/understand the instructions.... isn't it?
Brianna
That's very true. Some people don't even bother to get in touch with the admin who posted the warning and ask for more explanations, but if you dare to delete his/her wrong images then they rush to your talk page to moan, so I think warnings are useful in the end, sooner or later the uploaders react and break their mute attitude and try to contact with the person who warned them.
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