[Foundation-l] Jimbo's Sexual Image Deletions

[Anthony]

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 8:19 PM, David Levy <lifeisunfair at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anthony wrote:
> > OMG.  Red links would indicate to a human that there was a problem which
> > needed to be solved.  Then that human could go about solving the problem
> > (which very well may involve more than just delinking the image).
>
> What, other than delinking or uploading the missing image locally
> (thereby bypassing Commons), do you expect a wiki to do?


Replacing it with a different image, removing the text from the article
which refers to the image, contacting someone at Commons to argue for
reinstatement of the image...

And yeah, uploading the missing image locally (thereby bypassing Commons)
would be another possibility.

All depends on the situation.  But fortunately, the human brain (unlike the
robot brain) is very flexible in dealing with a multitude of situations.


> And how do
> you expect editors who cannot read English (particularly those whose
> native languages are among the less widespread) to even understand why
> in-use images are being deleted?
>

Maybe by finding a translator?  Alternatively, they could employ one of the
possibilities listed above which don't involve speaking English at all.