[Wikipedia-l] Kaji: Please undelete bobine120.jpg

[Brion VIBBER]

lcrocker at nupedia.com wrote:
 >Karen AKA Kajikit <kaji at labyrinth.net.au> wrote:
>>It seems to me that the 'orpan' list as it stands is useless
>>because it doesn't track references to the image by direct url
>>in the english wikipedia, and it doesn't track ANY reference to
>>the image in any other wikipedia either... 
> 
> I agree; the "orphaned image" list is useless, and in any case I
> don't see that much of a problem with a useful image that isn't
> currently linked to an article, especially if it is known that it
> is in fact free--and image is, in a sense, an article in its own
> right.

I disagree; it's not "useless", it's just of certain limited use -- like 
everything else.

An image's being on the list doesn't guarantee that it isn't used 
somewhere (on the English wiki via a click-link to the URL, or on other 
language wikis), nor does it guarantee that it shouldn't be used in the 
future. What it _does_ do is to narrow down a 'short list' of things 
that _might_ be not being used.

Like the article orphans page it lists things that _might_ be junk to be 
deleted, or _might_ be useful stuff that should be further linked to. 
It's a starting point for further investigation, not a deletion list.

> I'll make a note on the orphaned image page to that effect.

Here I agree wholeheartedly.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)