Andrew Gray wrote:
On 10/04/06, Mark Wagner carnildo@gmail.com wrote:
Off-the-cuff remark: Why not upload a new version of the image which is totally blank, and protect it with a note saying that if no consensus is gained to undelete the image in a month, it should then be permanently deleted?
Volume. Approximately 1,500 images are deleted every day. It's a slow enough process when the image is already orphaned, and clearly meets the requirements for deletion. Adding "blank, protect, and check back in a month" will just make things that much slower.
(speaking of images, [[Category:Orphaned fairuse images]] has a backlog of roughly 1800 items right now)
Of which 1600 have been marked for more than a week - admins, please!
http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/cgi-bin/report_orphan_fair_use.py
<groan> Those aren't going to get so much attention as long as we have thousands of of bad uploads streaming in on a daily basis, and admins have to clean everything up with the equivalent of a teaspoon, because OMG we might inadvertantly delete a highly valuable view up somebody's nostrils taken with a cellphone camera.
Arbcom should consider that for a new category of punishments - "clean up 1,000 image uploads".
Stan