[Foundation-l] Massive image loss

[Magnus Manske]

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> This is a triple-crosspost. I suggest you reply to wikitech-l only.
>
> A mistake I made caused the loss of 496 full-resolution images from
> Wikimedia servers.
>
> I have recovered as many images as I can, drawing on the following sources:
>
> * Squid cache (pmtpa, knams and yaseo)
> * May 8 backup of some wikis on storage1
> * Duplicates with the same signature, found on the same or other wikis
>
> That brought the number lost down from about 3000 to the current 496. For
> the remaining files, I made a copy of their thumbnail directories:
>
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/lost-image-thumb-backup/
>
> A list of missing images can be found here:
>
> http://noc.wikimedia.org/~tstarling/missing-images-2008-09
>
> If anyone has any ideas about where to find more backup files, I'd be
> willing to hear them. Otherwise, the community will just have to reupload
> as many as possible.

At least one of them ( Clan_member_crest_badge_-_Clan_MacTavish.svg )
was reuploaded in a coincidence :-)

How about a script adding a message to the talk page of the respective uploader?

Magnus