Commons:Administrators' noticeboard

‎Admin power to delete without consultation, notification or request
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:Hi [[User:Fæ|Fæ]], on the principle admins delete without review a lot of files, generally files without proper licence, proper permissions, obvious copyvios or even out of scope images. Personally I believe that notifying the contributors is the good thing to do so I generally tag, notify and delete. As we are humans and have a huge backlog to process, we may forget to notify sometimes. --[[User:PierreSelim|PierreSelim]] ([[User talk:PierreSelim|talk]]) 10:43, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 
:Hi [[User:Fæ|Fæ]], on the principle admins delete without review a lot of files, generally files without proper licence, proper permissions, obvious copyvios or even out of scope images. Personally I believe that notifying the contributors is the good thing to do so I generally tag, notify and delete. As we are humans and have a huge backlog to process, we may forget to notify sometimes. --[[User:PierreSelim|PierreSelim]] ([[User talk:PierreSelim|talk]]) 10:43, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 
::I am familiar with [[Commons:Administrators#What is an administrator?]], this includes deleting files in certain circumstances, but specifically does not include deleting files based on a personal assessment of quality in the list of typical actions. The scenario I am raising was not a copyright problem (the file would have been public domain), the source would have been good and there was no other explanation other than the Admin thought the file was of a lesser quality than other images on Commons - a deletion rationale that I would have expected to require the support of a Deletion request or similar consensus process. Could you point to a guideline or policy that includes such a scenario and advises as to the norms that apply here for the behaviour of administrators? Thanks --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 10:56, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 
::I am familiar with [[Commons:Administrators#What is an administrator?]], this includes deleting files in certain circumstances, but specifically does not include deleting files based on a personal assessment of quality in the list of typical actions. The scenario I am raising was not a copyright problem (the file would have been public domain), the source would have been good and there was no other explanation other than the Admin thought the file was of a lesser quality than other images on Commons - a deletion rationale that I would have expected to require the support of a Deletion request or similar consensus process. Could you point to a guideline or policy that includes such a scenario and advises as to the norms that apply here for the behaviour of administrators? Thanks --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 10:56, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 
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:::To clarify, [[:File:Junior.jpg]] this is the type of quality that gets deleted on the spot on grounds of "unused, low quality, personal". I'm pretty sure no one objects to that as long as it isn't being used for a wikiuser's (modest) collection of personal pics. --[[User:Pitke|Pitke]] ([[User talk:Pitke|talk]]) 06:36, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 
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So Fæ, how does this apply to Whambo ? :) [[User:Penyulap|'''Penyulap''']][[User talk:Penyulap| ☏]] 13:29, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 
So Fæ, how does this apply to Whambo ? :) [[User:Penyulap|'''Penyulap''']][[User talk:Penyulap| ☏]] 13:29, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 
:It doesn't. This was out of process deletion of a public domain photograph. Your custom derived work fell under the provisions of [[Commons:Blocking policy|Blocking policy]] with regard to harassment and under [[COM:Photographs of identifiable people|Photographs of identifiable people]] with regard to defamation. You may wish to consider how much and how often you want to be seen to be taking discussion on AN off-topic. Of course if you want to build a reputation for doing this, that's your call. Thanks --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 13:56, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 
:It doesn't. This was out of process deletion of a public domain photograph. Your custom derived work fell under the provisions of [[Commons:Blocking policy|Blocking policy]] with regard to harassment and under [[COM:Photographs of identifiable people|Photographs of identifiable people]] with regard to defamation. You may wish to consider how much and how often you want to be seen to be taking discussion on AN off-topic. Of course if you want to build a reputation for doing this, that's your call. Thanks --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]]) 13:56, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

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