Based on Andre's comment I have an idea with a different approach that may help.
What if MediaWiki would have a special page indicating which linked images/files on the wiki would have no actual file available locally or on commons/a shared filestore? That way wiki administrators could more easily get insight in file/image red links and Commons administrators would have to delink 'off site' a lot less, since local wiki administrators would have a more comprehensive insight in their red links related to images/files; together with the Commons Ticker, I may even be no longer required to delink off-site if the admin 'does not feel like doing it.'
I have searched http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org and haven't been able to find a feature request for such a feature at the moment. As far as I know this feature is currently not available, although functionality may be closely related to that of Special:Wantedpages. If this approach would serve both commons admins and local wiki admins, I think it would be worth trying to get this feature built.
Cheers, Siebrand
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: commons-l-bounces@wikimedia.org [mailto:commons-l-bounces@wikimedia.org] Namens Andre Engels Verzonden: woensdag 9 augustus 2006 15:12 Aan: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List Onderwerp: Re: [Commons-l] Deletion of still-used images
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What I was looking for was more a list of images that would already have been deleted, if it were not being used on projects.
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