Erik Moeller a écrit:
- Brion is on the case already. There's a code change in CVS that will
allow InterWiki redirects to show a "Redirected from" like regular redirects.
This is a good idea. It allows to fix things more easily.
- Angela pointed out to me that even if the image was deleted from the
English Wikipedia, it could still be on any of the other wikis on the InterWiki map (e.g. all Wikicities), all of which can be used for InterWiki redirects. So you wouldn't just need a cross-Wikipedia
deletion
or linking policy, but pretty much one across all wikis. That is
clearly
not a workable solution.
- The autofellatio image may be a case where many people agree that
it is
inappropriate in any context, but many images which we clearly want,
such
as the photos GerardM uploaded of venereal diseases, would be clearly inappropriate on user talk pages. That doesn't mean such images
should be
deleted.
No, but this is precisely what is happening right now. Which is why I raise up the issue.
Two weeks ago, there was a wide call on the french pump to go vote for the deletion on the english wikipedia. The intent of such a vote was only to prevent this vandalism. This was the only solution some french editors found to limit vandalism locally. I do not think it is a good solution. It should be the choice of english editors to keep it or not keep it. And the vote should be strictly limited to voting for a regular use (on article).
Ultimately... finding tools to deal with this type of vandalism will help such images to be kept on projects.
We should simply consider this vandalism, and improve the tools we
use to
deal with it. 1) helps a great deal already. Single login will also
help,
as people will not suddenly be thrown into a wiki whose language they
do
not speak once they have set their language user preference. We may, however, want to consider disabling InterWiki redirects specifically
for
non-Wikimedia wikis whose policies are beyond our control.
All best,
Erik