Re: The Damned Commons Image Deletion Cycle

Having to delete things will be an ongoing problem because adding things 
is quite easy to do, so inevitably stuff that is not suitable will 
always be present and eventually put up for deletion.  The old 
deletionist vs inclusionist and open vs restricted access arguments some 
into play.

Alan


On 6/08/2013 7:11 p.m., WereSpielChequers wrote:
> Suggested Fix 3, this is a problem of deletionism, and the best way to deal
> with delietionism is to stop deleting things and seek alternate solutions.
> In this case Commons deletion discussions need a "return to source Wiki"
> option as opposed to deletion of files migrated from other wikis. And those
> versions of Wikipedia that allow "Fair Use" need to think about importing
> files from each other, or even looking for files on more than one other
> wiki - first look on Commons and then look on those wikipedia that have the
> same fair use policy. But if Commons were to close more deletion debates as
> "it may be allowed there but not here so move it back" then most of the
> problem would go away.
>
> The corollary of this and the obvious fourth option is to stop accepting
> "fair use" images and only host ones that are genuinely freely licensed
>
> Jonathan


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