[Commons-l] Rotated images

[Maarten Dammers]

Hi Howard,

I hope https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Rotation will answer 
your questions.

Maarten

Op 6-12-2011 20:17, Howard Cheng schreef:
>
> I've noticed recently a number of images that require rotation, 
> usually photos that are in landscape orientation when they should be 
> in portrait. What's weird is that in the articles, MediaWiki already 
> "knows" the correct orientation and in some cases the file history 
> even shows multiple uploads. It's hard to explain in words so here's 
> an example:
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castelo_Sao_Jorge_Lisboa_3.JPG
>
> This image has been in the article since September 2006 so I can't 
> imagine that nobody has noticed the wrong orientation for 5 years. 
> Does anyone know what happened here? Is this related to the huge 
> backlog for RotateBot?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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