Background
Stories use images from the commons. In some situations, images on Commons can be reomoved. We don't have any treatment for handling stories containing deleted files, and this ticket aims to propose solutions for handling such stories.
Story: https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story:Afrika_Selatan,_Negara_Paling_Selatan_Benua_Afrika
Deleted file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nelson_Mandela_statue,_Union_Buildings_01.jpg
Deletion log: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Category:Nelson_Mandela_statue,_Union_Buildings
Design
Discovery section
- Don't show story thumbnail attached to an article when all images of a story got deleted on commons.
- Show story thumbnail attached to an article when one or more images of a story got deleted on commons.
Story viewer
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- Show a black background for story pages whose images are missing.
- Show story text as it is available for black background story page.
- Don't show any image licensing information on black background story pages.
Story builder
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- Show deleted images as a blank frame.
- Allow editors to replace images to select new one.
- Rest other functionality works as expected.
Story page
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- Show all story pages.
- Show a black background for story pages whose images are missing along with their text.
- Show an error message at first followed by story pages.
Notes
- Proposed error copy on a story page might change based on the feedback.
- We might explore how to inform story editors about stories containing deleted files in a separate task.
