Wikivoyage:Votes for deletion/May 2024

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Unused screenshots

I've been deleting some files listed at Special:UnusedFiles. In my view anything listed there is a candidate for deletion, just as general cleanup work, but I've started with the screenshots because they are all out-of-date, showing pages as they were years ago.

@SHB2000 objects, see User_talk:Pashley#Deletion_of_screenshots?, & even suggests I should do things like undeleting or copying files to Commons. I think the objection is nonsense & have no intention of taking the suggestions.

Other opinions? Pashley (talk) 04:16, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've stopped these deletions for now. Pashley (talk) 04:25, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good point, but I'd interpret it differently. A DOTM banner should be linked from one of the nominations page, main page or previous DOTM archives, so it should not appear at UnusedFiles. If it does, check if a link needs adding. If yes, link it. If not, delete. Pashley (talk) 10:07, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy undelete, then add links to the files we are expected to discuss; it is hard even for admins to discuss the merits of deleted files and non-admins should be treated equally on this page. While non-free images need to be in use for fair use to apply, the files under discussion are a separate category, which needs a discussion. –LPfi (talk) 10:38, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. As these are historic images, they cannot be recreated if deleted. I suppose they should be moved to Commons (where they probably are in scope, unlike here), but I will wait for the file list before making further comments on their value. –LPfi (talk) 10:42, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Undelete, move to Commons, then delete here. And please, just someone put these unused banners on a relevant talk page so they aren't showing up on this report. These reports are useful and shouldn't be polluted with noise. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:45, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I'll undelete them since several experienced admins have suggested it. Looks utterly pointless to me, but I'll go along.
The file list is:
File:Wv.png, File:Screen Shot 2022-06-26 at 10.05.26.png (linked in Wikivoyage talk:Star articles#Putting the static maps requirement for huge cities to an end 00:22, 26 June 2022), File:Georgetown screenshot.png (apparently sent to the press, see User talk:Traveler100#Screenshots)
File:Screen Shot 2022-03-06 at 12.49.20.png (now at Commons: File:Wikivoyage screenshot of geoline on Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.png), File:Screenshot 20190623-185946.jpg, File:Screenshot 20190219-224012 Chrome.jpg (linked in Wikivoyage talk:UX Expedition#Feature Banner: Desktop and Mobile versions 21:46, 19 February 2019)
File:Screenshot 2015-03-04.png, File:Screen Shot 2014-02-22 at 2.27.04 am1.png, File:Screen Shot 2014-02-22 at 12.34.18 am.png
File:Sheki screenshot.png (apparently sent to the press, see User talk:Traveler100#Screenshots), File:Frederiksberg screenshot.png (ditto), File:Kununurra screenshot.png (ditto)
File:Khao San Road screenshot.png (ditto)
There were a few I deleted that were duplicated on Commons; I have not included them. Pashley (talk) 12:08, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you move a file to Commons, it should give you an option to delete the file locally (provided you're a sysop here), too. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 12:24, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No doubt there will be some exceptions, but in general if an image is unused & unwanted here, I fail to see why anyone thinks moving it to Commons might be a good idea. Pashley (talk) 15:24, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So that it won't sit here unused. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:25, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If an image is linked, then it is not completely unused. Please check "What links here" before deleting/nominating a file (unless it has been moved to Commons). Half of a small sample of the images that I checked were referenced on talk pages. AlasdairW (talk) 19:30, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is either 1.) untrue or 2.) seemingly untrue because the report needs to be generated by MediaWiki again. Either way, the problem is solved by just using these g-darn files on the talk pages so it's a non-issue. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:22, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a difference between being used and being linked. The "unused" report doesn't care about files just being linked; that's why you need to also check "what links here". Those linked from a discussion may be essential for understanding the discussion. –LPfi (talk) 07:13, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I now added indirect usage in parenthesis to the files in the list where I found such. The rest may be linked indirectly by having been put at the graffiti wall and linked by a permanent link. Those are harder to trace. Keep the screenshots sent to the press. Keep the screenshots used in user interface discussions and discussions about star article requirements. –LPfi (talk) 07:53, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Outcome: consensus leans keep. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 05:02, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mt. Cock

Is this a genuine misspelling or an attempt to play on with some unfunny humour? I have never heard anyone call Aoraki as "Mt Cock", nor do I see how that's a legitimate typo when c and o are on opposite ends of the qwerty keyboard. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 09:12, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Google gives no relevant hits. Pashley (talk) 09:52, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Granted I would have thought that was brilliant as a 9 year old kid in NZ. Brycehughes (talk) 20:34, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh lordy – what were you up to? /s --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 03:24, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
True... it might have taken me until 13 to realize the first word was related. Brycehughes (talk) 13:38, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per others. Ground Zero (talk) 22:47, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Could an admin close this discussion? It's been 14 days, but I do not want to do it myself since I was the one who nominated this. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 23:15, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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