[WikiEN-l] Vandalism concerns with commons images

Thu Sep 15 08:32:47 UTC 2005

uninvited at nerstrand.net wrote:
> In an effort to start some serious discussion on this, I present 
> herewith some pros and cons of granting some form of commons 
> adminship to wikipedia admins (including en, de, fr, and possibly 
> other large wikipedis).
> 
<snip>
> Cons
> 
<snip>
> 3.  The "small wiki" culture at commons would change, and some people
>  who moved to commons due to frustration with the size of their home
>  Wikipedia may find that discouraging.
> 

It was the "small wiki" culture at Commons (especially wrt. the number
of administrators) that prompted the following exchange on #wikipedia
(I'm ommitting as much as possible, and I have permission from the other
party to do this):

Me:
> One of the front page templates has been goatsed or something
> 
> crap, it's on commons

Them:
> commons admin around?
> 
> block 
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Mutant_Pig
> 
> goatseing the weather image on wikinews
> 
> ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
> 
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Patoo.jpg NSFW
> 
> I just find it annoying that we are told to upload our images to 
> commons if we can, and then this sort of thing happens
> 
> and there is no one available to sort it out

Given that there are a grand total of *77* admins on commons, a few more
(in different timezones, from different projects) couldn't hurt. Commons
is the one place where vandalism can occur that propgates through to
other places, and the "native" admins are powerless to stop it.

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