Essjay:
See? This is what I was talking about. Everybody wants to benefit, but nobody wants to accept the responsibility that comes with using what we offer. If you're going to use Commons images, you've got to accept that you're using something under a different set of policies, with a different set of procedures, and adjust to that. Unfortunately, most projects wont.
Hm, I disagree that it is a different set of policies. It is just what the policy should be on all Wikimedia projects, if we want to be serious about avoiding copyvios and creating reliable, truly free content. There are not that many projects that allow fair use so for most projects I would guess the policies should be the same.
Different procedures, yes, they vary wildly from wiki to wiki (and I would rather use ours than en.wp's any day of the week... but I am biased :)) so it would be pretty much impossible for that to be standard. Nothing unusual though, I don't think; templates, warnings, 7 days notice, etc.
I still think the best thing to have would be a way to recover deleted images for a short period of time.
Well, possibly, but arguing about the best process rarely (sorry, NEVER) translates into the technical solutions required. You can argue again on http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2099 if you like.
For a comprehensive list of how technical issues impact on the Commons, you may like to visit http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bugs :)
cheers, Brianna