Images for deletion
The article did provide commentary: a review indicated that the covers were generic, providing minimal visual styling. Grey Wanderer (talk) 05:33, 16 December 2009 (UTC) The result of the discussion was: Speedy deleted as WP:CSD#F5 as image is now orphaned as a much smaller version (~6.5% of original) has been substituted.Add one of the following to the file page: If the source or licensing information of an image marked as being freely licensed is disputed, please list the file on Possibly unfree files III. Files that have no source, or have an unknown copyright, or are unused or replaceable non-free, or are non-free without rationale can be marked so that they will be deleted after a week, and should not be listed on this page.
Files that have been listed here for more than 7 days are eligible for deletion if there is no clear consensus in favour of keeping them or no objections to deletion have been raised. The diff for inserting the image. Question: What is the threshhold being used for critical commentary? I thought that I had at least covered the basis.
The above list comprises the most common and uncontroversial ones. Since abbreviated deletion reasons will not be familiar to most Wikipedians, especially newbies, please consider using full words. Files for deletion Files for deletion (FfD) is for listing images and other media files which are unneeded.
Addditionally, you will see that the caption (alt text)lists the cover as A typical Classic Archives resease , indicating that what was picuured represents the general form that these took, which again, was described by a magazine (a cited source) and called generic by the same. -- Avi (talk) 07:17, 17 December 2009 (UTC) Comment: Didn t like? Sorry MisterWiki but that s irrelevant.
This is necessary because file pages do not remember the articles on which the file were previously used. Administrator instructions Deletion today AfD yesterday Articles (by category) Templates Files Categories (active) Stub types Redirects Miscellany Undeletion Deletion review Attack page Criteria for speedy deletion Deletion policy Proposed deletion Wikipedia is not a dictionary Process – Log – Guide – Images – Admins To force the server to update this page immediately, purge the cache. In responding to the deletion nomination, consider adding your post in the format * View - Reasoning .. Refer below for a list of other common reasons. Inform the uploader by adding a message to their talk page using {{subst:fdw|File_name.ext}} If the image is in use, also consider adding {{ifdc|File_name.ext|log=2009 December 18}} to the caption(s), or adding a notice to the article talk pages. State the reasons why the file should be deleted.
To quote the non-free content criteria, it is the duty of users seeking to include or retain content to provide a valid rationale; those seeking to remove or delete it are not required to show that one cannot be created — see burden of proof. For undeletion requests, first contact the administrator who deleted the file. He has not responded to my questioning about the copyright status he chose for several uploaded images.
In posting their reasoning, many editors use abbreviations and cite to the following: Remember that polling is not a substitute for discussion. Any properly explained reason can be used.
Redundant or duplicate files do not have to be listed here. Please use the Commons deletion page instead. VII.
Your image however, is the one that has violated NFCC clause 3. So, it must go. On the side note, I m curious: How exactly did you perceive the dissatisfaction of Tuanese (talk · contribs) or Tyw7 (talk · contribs)? Fleet Command (talk) 00:17, 18 December 2009 (UTC) Today is December 18, 2009.
Put new nominations in Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2009 December 18 -- (new nomination) If the current date s page has been started without the header, apply {{subst:ifd log}} to the top of the day s page. Please ensure ===December 18=== is at the very top of the new page so that internal page links from the main Files for deletion page (the one you re on now) work. . For blatant copyright infringements, use speedy deletion by tagging the file {{db-f9}} V.
If you are unable to resolve the issue with that administrator, the matter should be brought to deletion review. If you have questions if something should be deleted, consider asking at Media Copyright Questions. Examples of what you may request here I. It shows our past attitudes well.92.0.247.52 (talk) 23:24, 17 December 2009 (UTC) The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by Jimfbleak (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · moves · rights) AnomieBOT⚡ 20:10, 13 December 2009 (UTC) The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by Peripitus (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · moves · rights) AnomieBOT⚡ 00:00, 17 December 2009 (UTC) The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by Marine 69-71 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · moves · rights) AnomieBOT⚡ 22:10, 15 December 2009 (UTC) Comment: I had a situation a while back that was similar: At KMG Records there was the cover of an album, an archives release, one in over 100.
They should be used with caution, and are no more binding than any other consensus decision. Nominations should be processed for closing after being listed for 7 days following the steps at Deletion Process. The following discussions are more than 7 days old and are pending processing by an administrator: For older nominations, see the archives. The result of the discussion was: Speedy Delete per G7. Some common reasons are: These are not the only valid reasons to delete a file.
Please use IV. These are: duplicates (where both files are on Wikipedia), thumbnails, broken files, non-existent files, non-commercial, by permission files and files which are not an image, sound file or video clip and have no encyclopedic use. II.
A few extra keystrokes now can save paragraphs of explanation to a panicked uploader wondering what s wrong with their image. If you remove a file from an article, list the article from which you removed it so there can be community review of whether the file should be deleted. NFCC clause 3 explicitly states that one of these two images has to go.
Suspected copyright violations shouldn t be listed here. VI. See the criteria for speedy deletion.
Although editors occasionally use straw polls in an attempt to test for consensus, polls or surveys sometimes impede rather than assist discussion. MrKIA11 (talk) 16:02, 12 December 2009 (UTC) I agree, keep this picture.
Wikipedia s primary method of determining consensus is through editing and discussion, not voting. Dan, the CowMan (talk) 02:21, 16 December 2009 (UTC) Delete, user stated on his talk page that he is unaffiliated with the university.
Author requested deletion. For speedy deletion candidates, do not use this page; instead use {{db|reason}}.
If a file is appropriately licensed and could be usable elsewhere, consider copying it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of listing it for deletion. The cover image was located beside the paragraph that supported it.
Once copied to the Commons, it is eligible for speedy deletion per criteria 8 for files. Instructions for listing files for deletion To list a file: Add {{ffd|log=2009 December 18}} to the file page. Follow this edit link and list the file using {{subst:ffd2|File_name.ext|Uploader= |Reason= }} ~~~~ Leave the subject heading blank. If the file has been replaced by another file, name the file that replaced it in your reason for deletion. -- ~~~~ where Delete , Keep , Comment , or something else may replace View .
Now, both images are equally competent for the matter, regardless of whether the uploader or uploaders like or dislike. Files that are hosted on Wikimedia Commons cannot be deleted via this process.
