I know that's what they're SUPPOSE to do - but I've heard tales of other issues as well. It hasn't been my personal experience that the Commons Admins do a lot of overzealous deletions - but if it helps to prevent even one overzealous deletion - yay. :)
I tend to agree it "shouldn't" be necessary - but given people's concerns about the importance of the files - figure it's at least worth a try. :) Plus I find MaxSem's addition to be rather amusing. On Jan 4, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Platonides wrote: > On 04/01/12 11:49, Max Semenik wrote: >> On 04.01.2012, 7:21 Gregory wrote: >> >>> To try and help with categorizing images used specifically for >>> documentation (and which are specifically for extensions) - and to >>> help explain their importance to admins before they delete - I've created a >>> couple of headers: >>> - >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:MediaWiki_extension_file >>> - >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:MediaWiki_documentation_file >> >>> Counterparts on MW.org: >>> - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Extension_file >>> - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Documentation_file > >> I've made a small clarification[1] to the template, though in my >> experience even promise of "do it and be desysopped" doesn't prevent >> crazy Commons admins from deleting stuff without discussion. > > Those statements of "refrain from deleting it unless absolutely > necessary" are useless. If they have the copyright correctly set, they > wouldn't be deleted. And if they are copyvios, they would be nonetheless. > It's fine to put a template explaining what is it used for, but that > text makes the sysop looks a bit dumb. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
