[Commons-l] Deletion of still-used images

Wed Aug 9 13:36:00 UTC 2006

Based on Andre's comment I have an idea with a different approach that may
help.

What if MediaWiki would have a special page indicating which linked
images/files on the wiki would have no actual file  available locally or on
commons/a shared filestore? That way wiki administrators could more easily
get insight in file/image red links and Commons administrators would have to
delink 'off site' a lot less, since local wiki administrators would have a
more comprehensive insight in their red links related to images/files;
together with the Commons Ticker, I may even be no longer required to delink
off-site if the admin 'does not feel like doing it.'

I have searched http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org and haven't been able to find
a feature request for such a feature at the moment. As far as I know this
feature is currently not available, although functionality may be closely
related to that of Special:Wantedpages. If this approach would serve both
commons admins and local wiki admins, I think it would be worth trying to
get this feature built.

Cheers, Siebrand

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: commons-l-bounces at wikimedia.org
[mailto:commons-l-bounces at wikimedia.org] Namens Andre Engels
Verzonden: woensdag 9 augustus 2006 15:12
Aan: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List
Onderwerp: Re: [Commons-l] Deletion of still-used images

<snip>

What I was looking for was more a list of images that would already have
been deleted, if it were not being used on projects.

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Andre Engels, andreengels at gmail.com
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