https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15842
--- Comment #18 from ChrisiPK <[email protected]> 2009-03-19 18:40:34 UTC --- (In reply to comment #17) > (In reply to comment #16) > > (In reply to comment #14) > > > Patterns aren't at issue. Not fucking people over by removing existing > > > files is > > > at issue. > > > > > > > As I said, there are various reasons why file names can change. We try to > > keep > > inclusions intact by running a bot which changes the file name on the local > > projects. If some projects disallow this bot from doing its work, there's > > not > > much we can do. Anyway, this seems to be a bit off-topic and not really > > related > > to whether image renaming can be enabled but rather to when image renaming > > should be done. > > > > Doesn't help a damn bit for reusers outside of WMF scope. > If they have basic experience with MediaWiki, they will have a look at the deletion log and find the correct file name. If they don't, I'm sorry for them, but there's not much we can do. File redirects break our own tools, IMHO we should first think of our own projects and after that of the reusers. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
