Commons:Superseded images policy

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This page is considered an official policy on Wikimedia Commons. (See the list: Policies and guidelines)
It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that everyone should follow. Except for minor edits, please make use of the discussion page to propose changes to this policy.
Warning The deletion of superseded images has been suspended indefinitely!
  • Deleting source images might break the “attribution path” for the new SVG image, which breaks licenses such as the GFDL.
  • Complaints about PNG images being replaced by inferior quality SVG images, or even by factually incorrect ones can not be checked by the public or the members of a WikiProject.
  • There is much more info at Commons talk:Superseded images policy. Other reasons are found there too.

It is still possible to post a normal deletion request for superseded images, but the template {{vector version available}} and its redirect {{SupersededSVG}} is not automatically a reason. Most important: those points listed above have to be checked first.

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