Going back to the old way (not auto-rotating) is probably not preferable. But maybe we should grandfather in all images uploaded before MW 1.18.
And, we really need a rotation button so users can fix this. On 12/6/11 11:17 AM, Howard Cheng wrote: > I've noticed recently a number of images that require rotation, usually > photos that are in landscape orientation when they should be in > portrait. What's weird is that in the articles, MediaWiki already > "knows" the correct orientation and in some cases the file history even > shows multiple uploads. It's hard to explain in words so here's an example: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castelo_Sao_Jorge_Lisboa_3.JPG > > This image has been in the article since September 2006 so I can't > imagine that nobody has noticed the wrong orientation for 5 years. Does > anyone know what happened here? Is this related to the huge backlog for > RotateBot? > > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l -- Neil Kandalgaonkar |) <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
