[Wikipedia-l] Re: Careless image deletion : a minor outrage

Sj 2.718281828 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 16 02:44:27 UTC 2005


On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:20:49 +0100, Karl Eichwalder <ke at gnu.franken.de> wrote:
>
> > This kind of careless deletion must stop.  It should be unacceptable
> > to list a borderline image for deletion, and only afterwards notify
> > the uploader, who may not even visit Wikipedia every week.
> 
> Agreed.  BTW, it is very strange that every tiny change is listed on the
> watchlist, but a deletion is not.

Quite right.  And, if orphan-status is at all a big deal, you should
be able to see on your watchlist whenever one of your images has
become an orphan, without having to visit it every few days and say
"there, there."

--SJ



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