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Brion Vibber wrote:

It strikes me as violating the principle of least astonishment that "Delete this page" and the little "(del)" link next to the current image revision do different things on an image description page, namely:

• "Delete this page" deletes only the image description page, leaving

the image file and its revisions intact, and the image remains in the images list

• "(del)" deletes the image file, any old revisions, the entry from the

images list, *and* the description page.

User expectation seems to be that "delete this page" should perform the second function.

I agree with Brion.

But I think that the change should appear on the main list too, since presumably some people have acclimated themselves to the old way. Hence I am crossposting this reply.

-- Toby