Author: brianna.laugher
Description:
Instead of going to Special:Upload, clicking on an image redlink should at least
offer the option of seeing the deletion logs, including Commons. I would guess
users rarely if ever choose to upload images by first redlinking them, and then
following the link. So a redlink 99% of the time would indicate a typo or a
deleted image.
Suggestion: "What might work as a nice compromise is: if there is a wpDestFile
parameter, it could display a new message at the top (eg MediaWiki:Noimagetext)
which would show something like "This image does not exist, you can upload it
below. See also the [{{fullurl:Special:Log|page={{urlencode:$1}}}} logs] for
this page." by default (which would be easy to add a commons link too)."
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29#Redlinked_images_shouldn.27t_go_to_Special:Upload