[Wikipedia-l] how to delete-protect an upload

Sean Barrett sean at epoptic.org
Sun Jun 16 05:02:45 UTC 2002


Oh, no!  My sysop powers are no match for his special characters!

There exists a graphic at
http://www.wikipedia.com/upload/The%20newbie%20helper%5C%27%24.jpg ("The
newbie helper\'$.jpg") in plain text -- note the backslash and the
apostrophe) that should be returned to the void whence it came.
Clicking the delete link returns the message "File The newbie
helper\\\'$.jpg deleted!" -- but the file is still there.

Would someone with powers greater than mine please nuke this
abomination?  And then perhaps look into handling strange characters
more gracefully?

Thanks!

--
 Sean Barrett     | Diabolus fecit, ut id facerem.
 sean at epoptic.com | [The Devil made me do it.]




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