User:Spike Wilbury/Quadell

Image help
So, what's the best way I can help out with the image backlog? --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk  15:28, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Boy, what a great question! :-) Well, first, read up on Image use policy Non-free content. You seem to understand these policies pretty well, but you can never know too much about it. Then there are two basic routes you can take.


 * Tag images. Howcheng has made a great tool to help with this. Check out User talk:Howcheng/quickimgdelete.js, and follow the instructions. Then, when you find an image that violates our policy, you can tag it and notify the uploader with the press of a button. You don't have to be an administrator to do this; anyone can get involved. Some great places to look for images that may be in violation are Special:Newimages and Category:Publicity photographs, although you can find such image anywhere.


 * Delete images. As an administrator, you have the ability to delete images according to policy. It's important to understand Deletion policy and Criteria for Speedy Deletion first. You can find backlogs of images needing deletion is separate categories: Images without a source, without a tag, without license info, without rationales, non-free replaceables, non-free orphans, dupes, dupes on Commons (or with the same name), non-commercial only, blanks. . . and then there are the images at Images and media for deletion or Copyright problems. Just pick somewhere and go at it. You might also be interested in the advice I gave here.


 * Thanks for being willing to help with this! All the best, – Quadell (talk) (random) 16:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC)