[WikiEN-l] Semi-automated AfD nomination script at Commons

[Philippe Beaudette]

I think it's amazing, and hope that someone sets to work on it.  If I could code anything but an infinite loop, I'd do it m'self. 

Philippe
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Erik Moeller 
  To: English Wikipedia ; wikipedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:47 PM
  Subject: [WikiEN-l] Semi-automated AfD nomination script at Commons


  I just saw that the JavaScript wizards at Wikimedia Commons came up
  with an impressive new tool - if you look at an image description
  page, you will now see "Nominate for deletion" link in the bottom
  right corner. If you follow that link and give a deletion reason,
  everything - the tagging of the image, the listing on the Deletion
  requests page, and the notification of the uploader - is done
  automatically using JavaScript.

  This is quite impressive. I'd love to see more of this kind of
  automation enabled by default, at least for users in the
  "autoconfirmed" group. Think about it:

  * Deletion, peer review, featured article status nominations
  * Speedy deletion with auto-notification to the affected users
  * updating news pages & portals with important announcements
  ...

  I'm sure there are countless scenarios where this might come in handy.
  I can see the dangers, but I think the benefits justify some more
  experiments. Any takers & other examples of similar semi-automated
  tools?

  -- 
  Peace & Love,
  Erik

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