On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Pete Forsyth peteforsyth@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen466@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Pete Forsyth peteforsyth@gmail.comwrote:
Admins and crats on commons have also historically made a large number of decisions that fly in the face of WMF board resolutions, often
repeatedly.
David Gerard's point is ringing very true here: you will not make this assertion more true merely by repeating it. Examples, please -- or else please drop it.
Example 1:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/ObiWolf_Lesbian...)
Clear violation (no evidence of model consent, photographer made clear
the
models wanted them off Commons). Took six attempts over several years to delete, despite a board member personally voting Delete in one or two
prior
nominations.
Example 2:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Category:Sexual...
Again, review the prior deletion discussions where these were kept.
Models
shown full-face, recognisable, no evidence whatsoever of model consent, geo-tagged to a precise street address.
So you've provided two examples where you agree that the correct decision was ultimately made, and where that decision has stood (in one case) for a year, and (in the other) for two years without being challenged or reversed. Your examples don't match what I was asking for (and there are plenty of examples like that out there, so I'm surprised you've brought these ones forward).
What more do you want, mate? You asked for examples of historical decisions that flew in the face of the board resolution.
Yes, after these cases received a lot of attention on the mailing lists, people (including some of the same people who had previously decided Keep) did indeed, with remarkable unanimity, come to the conclusion that these files should be deleted.
This was after the closing admin in one of these cases had threatened, after the thirteenth "Keep" closure (well after the board resolution was published), that if he were to see another nomination, "I will probably just revert it and protect the page".