[Commons-l] some statistics

Fri Jun 9 21:52:07 UTC 2006

On 6/9/06, Essjay <essjaywiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sure that the reason images aren't recoverable is an issue of space:
> We don't have the server space to store tens of thousands of images that
> were deemed unwanted. Likewise, we don't want to be holding on to copies
> of images that could get us in trouble, like copyvios.

I'd guess it's more of a historical accident.  Undeletion of images
just wasn't very important during the early years of the project, and
no one got around to implementing it.  There's at least one
enhancement request in bugzilla,
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2099.

> Since we have a developer on the list, thinking about possible solutions
> <lays out a carrot under a box to trap Magnus> perhaps he could provide
> us with some more information on what would be needed to make this
> happen, and perhaps even provide the needed code to make it happen.
>
> I'll pledge, personally, to delete at least 1,000 of the backlogged
> images if this is implemented.
>
> Essjay

Looking at the bug report, someone else has pledged $50 on top of that :).

Anthony