[WikiEN-l] Re: Deletion of my images

Tue Mar 8 07:17:42 UTC 2005

I'll be honest here. I have deleted a whole bunch of OBVIOUS copyright 
violations of FHM pics, etc, without telling the original author. I 
suppose I should have.

TBSDY

Anthere wrote:
> For the second time this month, one of my images was deleted on the 
> english wikipedia.
> 
> I was not warned at all.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Anthere/PictInsectes&diff=0&oldid=10140585 
> 
> 
> I'll be frank, I AM PISSED OFF.
> 
> It is written clearly on my talk page, and my user page that all my 
> images are gfdl. All my insects pictures listed on my user subpage are 
> labelled, but this one.
> 
> Just as I already said on the pump less than 2 weeks ago, I think it is 
> really pure disrespect to delete an image without asking the author, and 
> then only AFTER deletion, to go on this user subpage to remove the link 
> to the deleted image. If there is time to go on my user subpage to 
> remove a link, then there is time to drop by my user talk page and talk 
> to me. Of there is time to read the mention on my user and user talk 
> page and to read my warning about the status of my images and to update 
> the image status.
> 
> I am sorry, but I really find this of the latest rudeness.
> 
>  From now quite far away, as I have no more time to edit the english 
> wikipedia, I have the horrible feeling the english wikipedia has become 
> a very very cold place, where there is no respect for editors except 
> those well known possibly. If feels like if one is not among the major 
> editors, he does not count, and his feelings are not important at all. 
> It looks like a machine. An automate. Not a great human construction.
> 
> We are all here because we believe in what we do, but what we do is only 
> good because we do it together and because we trust each other.
> 
> Well, at least, some people trust other people. And if it is not 
> possible to trust someone who spent already 3 years on wikipedia, I 
> wonder how newbies are treated.
> 
> In case you feel like telling me "yeah, but this is just one case you 
> know, not everybody does that", I will then ask why Quadell is trusted 
> to delete images. I do not trust him to do so. Not because he does not 
> do this according to rules, but because he does not do this while taking 
> human feelings into account. And wiki only works thanks to human power.
> 
> Anthere