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Proposed solution: A readily available delete button on each image that runs you through the steps on how to get an image deleted. If it takes too long (eg doing a full deletion process at Commons) then users will give up and the project will suffer; Who would benefit: Everyone exposed to low quality or delete-worthy images.
This essay, Deleting from Commons, is a reminder to (when appropriate) speedy delete images, videos, audios, or other files from Wikimedia Commons. Most images seen in English Wikipedia (or the other-language Wikipedias) are actually stored in the Commons project, with a link-through from the image name.
Deleting a page is straightforward: click on Delete in the Tools menu on the page (this option is only visible to administrators), select a reason or enter a custom reason, and click Delete page. Admins can likewise undelete pages, usually due to a request at WP:Requests for undeletion or WP:Deletion review .
Tag the image with {{db-f9|url=original source}}, replacing "original source" with the URL where the image may be found. No further action is mandatory, but it is a courtesy to notify the contributor. The tag will generate a notice which may be easily pasted onto the user's talk page.
Delete means simply that the user thinks the article should be deleted. They may state reasons or simply leave it at this statement. Because the deletion process is a discussion and not a vote, simply stating "delete" without any further comment is discouraged. Keep means simply that the user thinks the article should not be deleted. They may ...
Formats a citation to a website using the provided information such as URL and title. Used only for sources that are not correctly described by the specific citation templates for books, journals, news sources, etc. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Last name last last1 author author1 author1-last author-last ...
These images are considered self-promotion and the Wikipedia community has repeatedly reached consensus to delete such images. Using such images on user pages is allowed. Some images may contain trademarked logos incidentally (or purposely if the image is either freely licensed, covered under freedom of panorama, or being too simple to be ...
If you have detailed information about the image, for example the name of the species or the size of the object, please add it. If you create images to upload that need to show the size of a depicted object, images with a ruler are better than images with a coin or similar item, since not everyone has access to the same type of item.