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Incorrect tagging of {{Orphaned non-free revisions}}
As a test, I used WP:REVDEL (under WP:RD5) to remove just the image data while keeping the revision information intact for File:Supermarioworld map.PNG. I see today that Fbot didn't recognize this, and has retagged the image. Please fix the bot. Anomie⚔ 15:49, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- Er...you're not supposed to use revdel to delete old image versions. Standard practice it is to normally delete the old image version, by scrolling down to "File History", and clicking "Delete" (not del/undel) in the left hand column. -FASTILY (TALK) 20:21, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- I've just fixed your error. In case tl;dr, do not use revdel to process files with old revisions. -FASTILY (TALK) 20:24, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- Why not? Anomie⚔ 20:32, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- We've always enforced WP:NFCC#5, through normal deletion which happens to also be long standing precedent. By your logic, we would be revdeling all orphaned non-free files. -FASTILY (TALK) 20:42, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- So the answer is "We've always done it that way (because deleting files predates RevDel), so we won't consider change". Your strawman about orphaned non-free files makes no sense, BTW. But whatever, I don't care enough to fight hysterical raisins on this. Anomie⚔ 03:13, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- We've always enforced WP:NFCC#5, through normal deletion which happens to also be long standing precedent. By your logic, we would be revdeling all orphaned non-free files. -FASTILY (TALK) 20:42, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- Why not? Anomie⚔ 20:32, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- I've just fixed your error. In case tl;dr, do not use revdel to process files with old revisions. -FASTILY (TALK) 20:24, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- Er...you're not supposed to use revdel to delete old image versions. Standard practice it is to normally delete the old image version, by scrolling down to "File History", and clicking "Delete" (not del/undel) in the left hand column. -FASTILY (TALK) 20:21, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Fastily asked me to comment here. There are no licensing concerns when it comes to deleting a file revision in its entirety on account of the uploader not having rights to the revision as it is not free. The deletion of the revisions individually predates using RevDelete. It is easier on the bot and script side to deal with an entire deletion, plus it may be confusing as to why a file revision appears without a thumbnail/file. It is simpler to delete the revisions outright. Finally, it becomes screwy when you mix RevDelete and normal deletion—the two should not be combined. Maxim(talk) 23:38, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- OTOH, I seem to remember some dicussion a while back about the practice of deleting the high-res version after {{non-free reduce}}, and the possibility of the file later being determined to be free but no one knows that the higher-res version could be restored. But whatever, I don't care enough to fight hysterical raisins on this. Anomie⚔ 03:13, 14 January 2012 (UTC)