[Commons-l] Fwd: Commons needs patrollers and future admins

Fri Nov 17 14:14:51 UTC 2006

Key problem is the existing backlog piling up. if we could just clear
backlog once and maintain it, it would be much much more workable.
   - Cool Cat

On 11/14/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I just sent this to wikien-l asking for helpers. Presumably there are
> tags, etc. for non-admin patrollers to tag suspect images. Something
> like this posted to other language Wikipedias would be a good idea, I
> suspect.
>
>
> - d.
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>
> Date: 14-Nov-2006 20:12
> Subject: Commons needs patrollers and future admins
> To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
>
>
> Commons is currently suffering a problem of a metric shitload of
> rubbish and copyvios, and not enough admins to do the cleanup work.
> Can anyone here help?
>
> Patrollers who speak multiple languages are particularly valuable in
> this regard, but I expect anyone good would be reasonably welcome once
> they can show a reasonable amount of work on Commons itself. Spanish
> and Portuguese speakers are particularly encouraged at present,
> because es: and pt: only allow image uploads directly to Commons.
>
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators#Suggestions_for_administrators
>
> (I whined enough about it on commons-l myself that I'll be diving into
> shitwork on Commons soon as well ...)
>
>
> - d.
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