Brad Patrick wrote:
Surely nobody is prepared to argue that where we are talking about an image stream measured in dozens of thousands, the yield is so pathetic, and the immediate reduction in problem uploads can (theoretically) be cut by a [[insert adjective here]] amount, we ought not consider the change? 5 out of 6 deletes comes from a non-email-enabled user? Geez...
My position is geared to support the community. Here it seems a substantial amount of editing time and effort can be refactored favorably to ... (b) increase communication (mere ability to communicate!) with presumably new contributors (WP:Newbie)
Some of us don't want people emailing us through the wiki, because we'd prefer messages on our talk pages.
-Mark