One issue is that it should be done in a way such that given a name and
timestamp, you can still get the correct image version, rather than have to
worry if some other image was moved over the desired one.
Currently, that is the only way you can make "stable versions" of pages with
images.
Magnus Manske-2 wrote:
Recently, I have uploaded som eplant images to the commons. A few of
these might have been incorrectly labeled. The current procedure for
"renaming" them is
#1 someone downloads the image
#2 reuploads it under a new name, with the original description
#3 fixes links on other wikimedia projects via chackusage
#4 adds a "duplicate" template to the original image
#5 the original image gets, eventually, deleted (unless it's an admin
doing reuploading, who can skip #4)
For a site managing >1.5 million files, IMHO this is a rather
cumbersome process. Also, it leaves a (perfectly OK) image deleted on
the server, thus duplicating that data.
Maybe Tims recent file managing upgrade already has a solution for
this, but if not, here's my 2 pennies (I'm in the UK now, after all:-)
* Make image pages movable (with the appropriate changes to the image
table).
* Replace the "404 error: File not found" error message for
non-existant images with a script that checks if there's a REDIRECT
page under that name in the database.
* Return the new image if this is the case, and return 404 if not.
This would be an improvement to the manual steps described above:
* MUCH easier and faster to do
* Preserves original upload/edit history
* Direct links to the image keep working
* No space waste due to deleted image
* Cost : an additional redirect page, and an SQL query for requests of
non-existing images
To turn off this behaviour for an image, simply delete the REDIRECT page.
(Seems so easy, I'm afraid I missed someting obvious at this point:-)
Magnus
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