On 21 Nov 2005, at 18:31, geni wrote:
On 11/21/05, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
geni wrote: These are have all essentially been marked as speedies already ("tagged") by the with-permission template.
Not always correctly
One should not be speedy deleting orphan images the first time you notice that they're orphaned. What if they're only orphaned for that particular moment because the article that normally uses them has been vandalized, and is going to be fixed in a few hours to use them again? Since image deletion is irreversable, extra care should be taken with such things and something akin to the tag-and-bag approach should be done regardless of whether it's a general policy. I'd suggest putting it on IfD, in fact, to make sure it gets a few days' delay before the time comes to wipe it.
Can IFD cope with 5000 images?
It coped with over 500 the other week.
There is a bot to help with orphaned fair use images which tags them, notifies, waits a week and adds them to a list for deletion. I havent had any complaints from anything I have deleted under this process. They go away if they become used within the week.
Justinc