[Commons-l] Rotated images

[Neil Kandalgaonkar]

Going back to the old way (not auto-rotating) is probably not 
preferable. But maybe we should grandfather in all images uploaded 
before MW 1.18.

And, we really need a rotation button so users can fix this.


On 12/6/11 11:17 AM, Howard Cheng wrote:
> 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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