Last modified: 2010-05-15 15:32:58 UTC
This patch causes Special:Unusedimages not to list images that have been put into a category. This is usefull for the commons, where images don't have to be on a article page, it's enough if they are categorized. For that reason, the current behavior of Unusedimages is useless on the commons - it lists a lot of images that are categorized and therefore do not require attention. The patched Unusedimages still lists images that are categorized indirectly through a template (this is due to the way the table categorylinks is build). This is actually The Right Thing in most cases, as it causes images to be listed which are only in copyright-categories. But it does lead to some false positives. Note that it's safe for all wikis to apply this patch, as it has no effect unless $wgCountCategorizedImagesAsUsed is set in LocalSettings.php; This patch has been tested with MediaWiki 1.4.1 (CVS-Branch REL1_4), it does not use the new database schema. Also note that unlike the current version of Unusedimages, it queries the cur table - there my be performance issues with that, I don't know. (hm, where do I add the patch? After I submitted the report I guess... we'll see)
Created attachment 408 [details] patched version of SpecialUnusedimages.php; Only getSQL is changed.
Please provide a CVS diff or the exact version number of the file that you started with.
This could also make Special:Unusedimages practically useless on other wikis that use it to look for images that are in articles.
Ævar thats why he made it a configuration option mind you the current system of using a normal page does have the advantage of making it easy to leave comments on avenues of investigation that you have tried and failed
Created attachment 415 [details] real patch created using cvs diff -u SpecialUnusedimages.php
(In reply to comment #4) > Ævar thats why he made it a configuration option exactly > mind you the current system of using a normal page does have the advantage of > making it easy to leave comments on avenues of investigation that you have tried > and failed yes, i'm aware of that. Nothing stops us of still using real pages, i'll upload the updated list in a few days. But keep in mind that the "real" page has the disadvantage that it can only be updated after a new dump has been released - the special page is always up to date. So my point it: why not have both?
Fixed in CVS HEAD
revoked patch, was erroneously committed to HEAD instead of REL1_4.
Patched in CVS HEAD, SpecialUnusedimages.php, rev 1.24 Patched in CVS REL1_4, SpecialUnusedimages.php, rev 1.18.2.1
