[WikiEN-l] Image deletion

[Andrew Gray]

On 10/04/06, Mark Wagner <carnildo at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Off-the-cuff remark: Why not upload a new version of the image which
> > is totally blank, and protect it with a note saying that if no
> > consensus is gained to undelete the image in a month, it should then
> > be permanently deleted?
>
> Volume.  Approximately 1,500 images are deleted every day.  It's a
> slow enough process when the image is already orphaned, and clearly
> meets the requirements for deletion.  Adding "blank, protect, and
> check back in a month" will just make things that much slower.
>
> (speaking of images, [[Category:Orphaned fairuse images]] has a
> backlog of roughly 1800 items right now)

Of which 1600 have been marked for more than a week - admins, please!

http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/cgi-bin/report_orphan_fair_use.py

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- Andrew Gray
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