On Sunday 16 June 2002 12:34, Magnus Manske wrote:
How about
finding users who haven't contributed anything, but
upload files?
Nice idea, but what if they learn to edit/save a page, changing nothing (or
leaving their own "signature")? Or they fill their user page with random
stuff?
AFAICT the most prolific uploaders of junk never contribute anything -
they're looking for a place to upload files and probably did a web search for
"upload". If they learn to edit a page, they may start contributing something
useful, and if they don't, we can deal with them as regular vandals.
I think the soultion for the upload page is as
follows:
* Only certain file types are allowed (JPEG/JPG/PNG, maybe)
* We need a better way to link to images ([[image:xyz.jpg]], for example),
so we can maintain a list of used images
* A better structure is needed for storing these files (S/ST/STUFF.JPG
instead of just stuff.jpg, for example)
* A better "recent uploads" page. The log page is a total mess :(
I think there should be a page listing all the existent files, their size,
and what the "file" command says they are (which may not correspond to their
extension, as in aNUK). It should be sortable by filename, date, size,
filename reversed, and uploader.
phma