Forum:Deletion backlog

As you may have noticed (or not), we have built up quite a backlog in Category:Nominated for deletion, especially for images. To catch up, I'm going to delete all images in there by bot - so if there are any images in this category which should be saved in your opinion, please untag them until tomorrow. Thanks. -- Porter21 (talk) 15:11, December 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer if you didn't do it yet. There's quite a lot of images there that are tagged for deletion simply for being unused and should be added to articles instead of being deleted. Or maybe skip the ones with just "not linked to a page" for now. Ausir(talk) 03:02, December 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, we need to find a way to deal with them in a timely manner - the longer we wait, the more it builds up, and in the meantime articles nominated for deletion go unnoticed (due to them being displayed on the last page of the category). If people need more time to go over the tagged images, that's fine with me. A coordinated effort would be best, of course. -- Porter21 (talk) 09:04, December 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * How about subcategorizing deletion candidates into articles and images nominated for deletion (with e.g. Template:Deleteimage used for the latter)? Ausir(talk) 21:10, December 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, that'd just move the problem but not solve it to be honest. -- Porter21 (talk) 21:23, December 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the images for deletion should still be looked through - I've started doing that yesterday, adding images that should be added to articles, but it will take a bit. It will just solve the issue of articles for deletion not being displayed when the backlog of images for deletion is big, since I think deleting bad articles is more important than deleting unused images, so they should be displayed more prominently. Ausir(talk) 21:26, December 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * My concern is that by moving them into an own category, it'll make the problem less prominent and easier to ignore. I do understand your point though. -- Porter21 (talk) 21:35, December 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't think we should ignore them, just that if they're making articles for deletion less prominent, I think they should be moved to a subcategory because bad articles are more of an issue. Ausir(talk) 21:46, December 14, 2010 (UTC)

I'm just going to ask a bunch of our active people to lend a hand. 2,000 marked for deletion images (I've cleared the small batch of articles)... If 20 of us do a hundred over the holidays, it'll be back down to manageable maintenance.--Gothemasticator 05:04, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, this should be funny. I forgot about the fact that only admins can delete. So, a bunch of the people I just asked to help are going to have trouble. Dang it. Now to send out a bunch more personal communiques. :P --Gothemasticator 05:21, December 23, 2010 (UTC)

We made a good push of progress over the last couple days, mostly thanks to Kingclyde. Over the next week or so, I'll keep on it and keep it on other people's minds as well. We'll get it under control. Merry Christmas to you, Porter. This is your present. :) --Gothemasticator 17:36, December 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Mine too. --Jspoelstra 01:49, December 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * Just thought I'd mention, there is one thing that could be decided easily by a few admins that would make this sorting process quicker and easier. There are many Pip-Boy images of various items in the game, but different people have different color settings for their gameplay preferences. Should we only keep said images that have the standard orange back-lighting? -- Ghouly89 (Talk) 10:52, December 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. Standard orange for articles. Good point.--Gothemasticator 14:59, December 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think white (like most of our Vault Boy images for perks etc.), ripped from game files, would be the best. Ausir(talk) 00:54, December 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Granted, I can rip anything from Fallout 1 / Fallout 2 / Fallout:Tactics that we need. As for 3 / New Vegas, I don't own those for PC, just for Xbox. Still, good information to know for sorting through this massive list. :) -- Ghouly89 (Talk) 05:16, December 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Black and white with transparent background is the ideal, but as long as there is no better version, there's also no point in deleting other versions, with standard back-lighting or otherwise. Ausir(talk) 13:52, December 27, 2010 (UTC)

Maintenance push part deux
Our initial holiday attack was pretty effective, but since then we've been hovering at 600-800 pages marked for deletion. (Damn you, Jspoel! :P ) I'd appreciate it if everybody would take the inititive to review and delete (or remove the tag from) another 100 files.

Additionally, this is a reminder to check the new pages log. It's good to review them and click the "Mark this page as patrolled" link at the bottom of the pages. I've patrolled all the pages back through Jan. 1 2011 and found a decent number of pages that need deletion, moving, or redirecting that way, too.--Gothemasticator 15:33, January 20, 2011 (UTC)

The rest
Can the remaining images be deleted by bot? I'd assume Jspoelstra knows which ones to tag and which not to tag by now, so it doesn't seem as risky to do. -- Porter21 (talk) 15:03, February 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * I see no reason at this point not to use a bot. Jspoel indeed knows what he is doing. So does Avatar who is the other tagger. And I for one do not relish the thought of another round of tedious deletions by hand. (By the way, Porter, thanks for your work on keys.) --Gothemasticator 15:06, February 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll give people a day to speak up; if there are no objections, I'll let the bot loose tomorrow. -- Porter21 (talk) 15:21, February 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * To be honest, 90% of the images are gamebryo, so if some get deleted by mistake and are needed, they can be easily recreated. 9% are unused user images that users failed to tag once they were no longer needed (and most arnt even Fallout related). The other 1% just need to be check, so anyone who has objects should simply scan the pages for those images and if needed remove the tag. ☣Avatar☣ 17:54, February 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Can you wait deleting them till late tonight, Porter? I'm making a last effort checking files in the unused images category. Jspoelstra 15:35, February 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure - I'll wait until tomorrow morning. -- Porter21 (talk) 16:01, February 21, 2011 (UTC)

The bot has done his work well, it's an enjoyment watching the FO3 and FNV character image categories now. Location and weapon image categories looking good now too. Jspoelstra 18:04, February 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, fortunately it was mostly done when my internet connection crashed this morning. I've now had it delete the few remaining files and Category:Nominated for deletion is now empty for the first time in months :) -- Porter21 (talk) 19:36, February 22, 2011 (UTC)

It won't be empty for long, we have to keep the admins at work, don't we? :) Jspoelstra 19:52, February 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Lol, sure do =D User avatar tag.gif Avatar talk.png 21:34, February 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * How about you two finally apply for admin rights and simply delete the images instead of tagging them? :P -- Porter21 (talk) 21:35, February 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Seconded! Ausir(talk) 22:00, February 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thirded? :P -- Ghouly89 (Talk) 22:55, February 22, 2011 (UTC)