[Commons-l] Please do not delete images used on [[Wikimedialogo mosaic]]

Cary Bass bastique at bastique.com
Tue Mar 13 15:33:31 UTC 2007


> -----Original Message-----
> From: commons-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:commons-l-
> bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Pedro Sanchez
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:28 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Please do not delete images used on
> [[Wikimedialogo mosaic]]
> 
> On 3/13/07, Guillaume Paumier <guillom.pom at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 3/13/07, Pedro Sanchez <pdsanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 3/13/07, Guillaume Paumier <guillom.pom at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I fail to see any reason to not take some minutes to find a similar
> > image to
> > > > replace it before the deletion.
> > >
> > > AS pretty as mosaic is, it's not a top priority. That's why.
> >
> > If deleting images were so easy, we would let bots deal with it. You
> > (meaning you human commons admins) are supposed to have a brain and use
> it.
> > Of course it is easier to click the delete button without bothering
> > replacing it.
> >
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> > Guillaume Paumier
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> If it's a copyvio, it should be deleted on sight, it being on the
> mosaic is no excuse for waiting (I was commenting on above's comment
> above copyvios).
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> 7:19 PM

Are these all copyvios?  Or something less severe, like No Source, or
Replaced.

It's fairly easy to determine if anything is being used on Commons without
even going into checkusage.  The pages they're being used on are listed
right on the image page. 

Cary




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