Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic
Programming Language(s): Python
Function Overview: Will delete files that are also present on Wikimedia Commons on a local wiki (in this case en.wikipedia). Pywikipedia - nowcommons.py is the script for those that are interested (source code)
Edit period(s): Periodically
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y
Function Details: Script to delete files that are also present on Wikimedia Commons on a local wiki. Files are downloaded and compared. If the files match, it can be deleted on the source wiki. If multiple versions of the file exist, the script will not delete. If the MD5 comparison is not equal, the script will not delete. - This script will obviously require for the bot to have the admin flag to carry out the deletions and will save time as the task is tedious to do manually.
Hmm you are going to need some form of protection against deleting files that have been uploaded locally for a specific reason (although not deleting protected stuff should cover most of that). How well would the bot handle 100 meg files?Geni 17:11, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. No, I don't have experience in this particular aspect of deletion, and after talking with a fellow administrator (before seeing your question), I think that to be fair, the images will actually need close scrutiny to make sure that the tags are correct - therefore I am withdrawing this task request. The Helpful One 22:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]