[Wiki Loves Monuments] WLM photos are deleted on Commons

[Alexander Tsirlin]

> For this particular request, it's a bit messy but it seems totally 
> legit to me and I don't see the problem who lead you to write this 
> mail. The files are not deleted yet, you could still move them to 
> local projects  (and even if they were deleted, a Commons sysop can 
> still transfer the files to local projects).
There are many technical reasons why I can't transfer files on a daily 
basis. If you want to discuss details or propose a better way of file 
transfer, you are welcome to contact me off-list. When I say that I need 
time until October 31, 2016, it really means that I need this time to do 
things properly.

>
> I'm very surprised to hear that you don't have Commons users to help 
> you, how and why is that? (for WLM France, except for WMfr staff, 
> nearly all members of the team are Commons users or Commons sysop; is 
> this unusual?).
A short answer is that the majority of Russian-speaking users on Commons 
are either not interested in WLM or not suitable for any useful and 
systematic work (the latest example being one Commons user who botched 
the work of the WLE jury this year by not doing anything and not even 
replying to e-mails, while remaining active on Commons). Remarkably, 
these Commons users are still very good in submitting deletion requests 
and making damage to other projects. I know I should assume good faith, 
but that's a bit too much of it over the years...

Sincerely,
Alexander

On 08.09.2016 15:22, Nicolas VIGNERON wrote:
> 2016-09-08 14:45 GMT+02:00 Alexander Tsirlin <altsirlin at gmail.com 
> <mailto:altsirlin at gmail.com>>:
>
>
>     Dear Nahid,
>
>>     I'm sure you've put numerous effort and hard works on the WLM but
>>     calling other community members "freaks and assholes" just
>>     because they disagree with you is not a good idea.  And certainly
>>     not a polite way to approach others.
>>
>     Sorry, but I have no other words for people who systematically
>     undermine our work and spread lies about us and our activities.
>
>
> This kind of langage is not acceptable, nor on Commons, nor on this 
> list. Please stop using it right now, you not helping yourself.
>
>
>
> Deletion requests are usual on Commons, WLM depend on Commons, so 
> deletion of WLM files are to be expected (in France, the WLM team even 
> create the deletion request themselves).
> For this particular request, it's a bit messy but it seems totally 
> legit to me and I don't see the problem who lead you to write this 
> mail. The files are not deleted yet, you could still move them to 
> local projects  (and even if they were deleted, a Commons sysop can 
> still transfer the files to local projects).
>
> I'm very surprised to hear that you don't have Commons users to help 
> you, how and why is that? (for WLM France, except for WMfr staff, 
> nearly all members of the team are Commons users or Commons sysop; is 
> this unusual?).
>
> Cdlt, ~nicolas
>
>
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