[Wikipedia-l] Overwriting uploaded files

Axel Boldt axel at uni-paderborn.de
Sun May 19 21:49:18 UTC 2002


> It would be nice if uploaded files had a "history" like articles do.
> That way a vandalism like overwriting with junk could be easily
> undone.

How would that work though? Suppose we both use the same image of a
German flag on different articles. Now I decide that I like my flag
bigger, and upload the new one. Which one will be displayed on your
page? And, which one will be displayed on yesterday's version of my
article?

Axel



More information about the Wikipedia-l mailing list