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The-Dream & Michael Jackson

the-dream article needs a picture and every picture i added gets removed how do i stop it?

and how come the mj article always has the same boring picture? Hope someone gets this message.--Louis Taylor (talk) 16:27, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's for the simple reason that the image you added is coyprighted by someone else, and they don't allow everyone to use it for any purpose, anytime and by anyone. This is a basic criteria that every file uploaded on Commons must meet. The reason why the MJ article still has the boring picture is that most exciting images usually can't apply to that criteria. However, you might want to look at the gallery and the category and check out if there are images better suited for the MJ article. --The Evil IP address (talk) 12:49, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Harassment

Hi, two anonymous users have written some defamatory remarks on my talk page, without signs: [1] [2]. And there is another one at: other user's page. Could anybody delete these? I have nothing to do with the IDs which these people are claiming to be related to me.--トトト (talk) 08:06, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by "delete these"? Are you asking for oversight? You can delete anything you like from your user talk page, but only a small number of privileged users can delete edits from a page history. Also, the link you gave shows a question, not a claim. Please explain how a question from an unregistered user constitutes defamation. --Teratornis (talk) 19:53, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

porcinet

Tu n'est q'un por Emir Spahic (talk) 16:30, 27 February 2010 (UTC) You are only a pork Emir Spahic (talk) 16:31, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vous etes des enculés Emir Spahic (talk) 16:35, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a question? Vous avez une question? --Teratornis (talk) 22:53, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

my missing Uncle in Edrine

Dear Sir

good day...i am Ahmad DAoud from Jordan . i have uncle (soleeman)whom he left Jordan long time ego,, i heared that he is in Edrine and he used to have Gas Station & he is married & have nice family . Unfortunatly we did not recieve any messages or letters from him,i am his neice,i remember my uncle very well even though its been long time... he is tall man,,small eyes,big nose,light hair,he smooks.. i hope that i could find some who can help me to find my missing uncle or his family..i shall be glad to write to any one who could help me... please write to me on

Ahmad.daoud58@gmail.com

best regards

Ahmad Daoud — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.90.170.138 (talk • contribs) 14:53, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This Help desk is for questions about using Wikimedia Commons. You might try asking on the Wikipedia:Reference desk. --Teratornis (talk) 19:44, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pitcher plant

I just recently bought a pitcher plant. I noticed that some of the pitchers are turning brown and dying. Do I need to clip them off and if so where exactlu oin the plant do I cut. Just the pitcher...or the entire leaf? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivette333 (talk • contribs) 17:00, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This Help desk is for questions about using Wikimedia Commons. For general knowledge questions, try the Wikipedia:Reference desk. Carnivorous plants are awesome. We have some pictures (Sarracenia) but no information about how to cultivate them. --Teratornis (talk) 04:20, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright query

Hello, I am trying to upload an image for a biography page. The image is a headshot of the CEO of the company I work for. I uploaded the file previously but it was deleted by a User/Admin who found the same image elsewhere on the internet. The image the User/Admin found was supplied by our firm to that company to use on their website free of charge. The photographer who took the picture (and all our staff photos for that matter) does not own the copyright, the company does. What steps do I need to follow to upload the image? Please help. Thank you! Emerson2009 (talk) 22:16, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You need to verify permission to license and upload this image. In order to do this visit Email templates page, copy the template and fill it with license and link to deleted file [3], then send it to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, best of all from official company email address. Also you may want to contact administrator Kameraad Pjotr, explain the situation and ask to restore the image while verification is in procces --Justass (talk) 22:51, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How to delete? Please help!

Hi!

I uploaded a picture but've choosen the wrong licensing, so it is now free for any purpose (The copyright holder of this work allows anyone to use it for any purpose including unrestricted redistribution, commercial use, and modification). And I don't want that! How can I change that or how can I delete the picture so that I can upload it once again with the correct licensing? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.119.48.16 (talk • contribs) 10:55, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can go to your image and click the "Edit" tab at the top of the page, and then adjust the license. Commons only accepts free licenses like the one you describe above (see Commons:Licensing). It would help if you posted the link to your image here & you can sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~). -- Deadstar (msg) 12:07, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You where not logged in while writing this questions, so we cant help you directly because we neither know your account nor the image. As Deadstar says: You must agree to the license terms, free commercial reuse and modification are the Commons:Project scope#required licensing terms and it is explicitly written in the upload form and everywhere. If the image was created by yourself and you are the licensor you already agreed to that terms with you uploads, maybe a deletion deletion reqeust will be decided in your favour, but regulary an image released under a free license is released and the license is not revocable. You may ask for deletion - but please also remember to read basic instructions befor doing something. --Martin H. (talk) 12:35, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tutorial on taking good pictures?

I vaguely remember seeing a tutorial some time ago on taking good pictures. Does anyone know the name of this page? Commons:How to take pictures for Wikimedia Commons is such a page, but the wrong one — I'm quite confident that the one I've seen has a photo of a motorcyclist to illustrate photography with a fast shutter speed. I've tried searching for "Photography" at Special:Search, but this is the only page I found among dozens of featured picture nominations and photography critiques pages. Moreover, the page I've linked isn't in any categories. Nyttend (talk) 15:31, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's definitely good idea to have such tutorial. May be we could collaborate with WikiBooks? --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:53, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have put bits of advice into en:Wikipedia:Photograph your hometown and en:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York but haven't attempted either comprehensiveness or, more important, a good network of links and categories to make this and similar material available to all. Yes, I'm all in favor of someone expanding and especially organizing it. It almost goes without saying, please feel free to cut, paste, modify and move my contributions in order to accomplish these goals. Jim.henderson (talk) 16:05, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the opinions, but I'm asking something different — do we have any other such pages here on Commons? And if so, what is the name of such a page, since I can't find it? Nyttend (talk) 16:19, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could it be the page Commons:Quality_images_guidelines? There is a motorcycle there, under "Motion Blur". / Fred J (talk) 09:32, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have listed a few such photography instruction pages I have found under COM:EIC#Photo. If anyone knows of more, please add them to the Editor's index there. Thanks. --Teratornis (talk) 22:47, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The idea is for the Editor's index to be the most comprehensive list of procedural (how-to) knowledge for Commons contributors. So when anyone wants to know how do something, they hopefully only need to look there. The Editor's index to Wikipedia is a similar, but much larger page on the English Wikipedia, with some overlap with Commons as many tasks are similar. --Teratornis (talk) 22:51, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to change / edit file history?

I've recently had a rename completed [[4]] on my wikimedia commons account, however my old username is showing up in the file history of a picture I uploaded - e.g. [[5]]

Is it possible to edit the history too to reflect the username change? Thanks. Wuser10 (talk) 15:43, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strange. Should be done automatically. Queue looks empty. May be you need to file bug report at bugzilla:? --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:50, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Book cover

Hi. Recently, I wrote an article about a book on the Swedish Wikipedia. Now I want to upload the book cover onto Commons in order to use in the article. I am not sure though, that the license for the book has expired. The book was published in 1909, and there is no information on who did the cover, nor when the cover was made. Can I upload it? //Tanzania (talk) 16:51, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since you don't know anything about the creator, I'd guess that you can't assume that it's PD. However, what's the cover like? If it's very simple, such as en:File:DSCN0250.JPG, it's never been copyrighted — you can't copyright a few words. However, if it's artistic, you'd need to check into Swedish copyright law. If sv:wp allows fair use, I expect that you could claim fair use for the book cover (that's plainly an acceptable fair use at en:wp), but you'd need to upload it at sv:wp. In the future, you'd do better to ask questions like this at Commons talk:Licensing, as there are more copyright-savvy people there than here. Nyttend (talk) 17:42, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also — if you find that it's not copyrighted in Sweden, it will definitely be fine to upload here. Anything published in 1909 is PD in the USA, so local law (I now see that you're not saying that the book was published in Sweden; where was it published?) is the only thing you need to worry about. Nyttend (talk) 17:44, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if I posted it wrong, I am rather new here, and don't know how everything works. The book was published in Sweden, but I can't find anything about it being copyrighted. The cover consist of two woman sewing or something. But I guess I could upload it here, show it, and let people who know anything about it tell. Sweden does not accept Fair use. //Tanzania (talk) 17:47, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You didn't do anything wrongly; after all, the header at the top of this page says that new users should ask questions here. Is this your book? Finally — I'm asking if fair use is permitted at the Swedish Wikipedia, not whether it's permitted by Swedish law. Nyttend (talk) 17:49, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, that's the book, but my cover is not exactly the same. Fair use is not permitted at the Swedish Wikipedia. //Tanzania (talk) 18:11, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is the book. I know that the picture is very bad, but I have no really experience of photographing books. //Tanzania (talk) 18:12, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks for the clarifications. I've asked for help at Commons talk:Licensing. Nyttend (talk) 21:31, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Putting an image from Hebrew Wikipedia on the Commons

Hi,

I wanted to put this[6] image in the Commons, but I'm having trouble getting the whole file on my computer (which seems to be necessary in order to put it on the Commons.)

How do I download it to my computer?

Thanks.--Lastexpofan (talk) 21:38, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Go to http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/he/6/66/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%AA%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%AA_%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A7.jpg, which will bring up the full-size image. From here, you may well be able to download the image. Nyttend (talk) 21:52, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

bad access group

I am trying to transfer ru:File:RECORD LOGO LOGO.jpg to Commons, but got "bad access group" error during upload. CommonsHelper doens't work too. How can it be fixed? Spectorman (talk) 14:22, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Same - ru:File:SUZDAL.JPG Spectorman (talk) 14:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I never heard of this error, and even a Google phrase search finds nothing relevant. I suggest asking on the user talk page of the user who wrote the tool you are using. That user might have some insight into the meaning of the error message. --Teratornis (talk) 03:06, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This happens while using Special:Upload too. You can try to upload that images yourself Rubin16 (talk) 12:30, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I did manage to upload it: File:Record_logo.jpg.

Fred J (talk) 19:29, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It was a block of titleblacklist, I understood. Now it shows a standard error page, no problem, thanks :) Rubin16 (talk) 19:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright Question

I'd like to use a photo (arm wrestling - break arm position/ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arm_wrestling_-_break_arm_position.jpg) but I can't find out if it is open for use or if there is a copyright issue associated. Can someone help me?

The image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported (cc-by-sa-3.0). See Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia. In short: You can reuse the image as long as you 1) attribute its author in an appropriate way (Attribution) and 2) as long as you distribute any new copy of the image under the same license (Share Alike). --Martin H. (talk) 14:31, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting mistaken Categories

I made a Category by mistake that should be deleted. Can someone delete this category for me so pictures won't get mixed up. The proper Category intended is "Category:Fort William Historical Park".

The one needed to be deleted is:

"Category:Fort Williams Thunder Bay"

Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:04, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done Creator requested deletion shortly after creating. -- Deadstar (msg) 16:31, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong filename for a picture

How can i change the filename of a photo that i just uploaded? do i have to upload it again with the correct name? how can i delete the first picture? thanks --Paulrudd (talk) 06:40, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Add {{rename|new filename|reason for the change}} and some time later an administrator will take care of it. --The Evil IP address (talk) 12:41, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

licensing?

Hello.

I have tried to upload a picture (Bent Albrechtsen), which I have bought from Scanpix (DK).

But I can't figure out how to upload it correctly. Which license should I give it?

You bought the right to reuse the image, but you not own the copyright and dont have the permission to transfer the license to others. On Commons permission must be given fromt he copyright holder to everyone, not only you or a small group of license buyers, to reuse the image everywhere for every purpose including commercial reuse. Thats a bit more. If the image is not either public domain in the country of origin and the US according to Commons:Licensing or covered by a written permission from the copyright holder that everyone can reuse it for everything you can not upload it here. --Martin H. (talk) 15:46, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Makin' categories

I'm a bit of a newbie here so please forgive me if this sort of question has been asked already.

I've created a category, and I want to create subcategories. But how do I mix them?

Let's say I have 40 files. Let's say I create 4 sub-categories. Let's say 30 of the files can fit in the subs, but 20 of those can fit into 2 or more of these subs. Can I put a file in 2 or more subs, or must I create a sub for each possible description to avoid redundancy?.

Thanks.
206.130.174.42 17:45, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fine do it the way that feels most natural. A file normally starts in two subcats. Over time, other folk add more cats- and someone may rename your subcat. After you have been doing this a bit you will discover a tool called hotcat, that makes the whole thing a lot easier. Then you will discover that there are naming schemes in place- the only thing to check, is that your top level cat actually exists- or if it doesn't place that in an existing cat. --ClemRutter (talk) 19:37, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See the links under COM:EIC#Cat. If you are editing without logging in, you will not be able to create proper category pages, I think, but you can create new categories as red links. --Teratornis (talk) 03:20, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Public domain?

I would like to use an image that is stated to be in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

No information is given as to the origin of the image. How can I find out for certain.

I want to use it as part of an article I am writing. The publishers seem to be extremely cautious about permissions, and a simple statement on the site that copyright has expired may not be enough for them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.178.19 (talk • contribs) 20:10, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Link to the image would make answer much easier --Justass (talk) 20:22, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Portrait

I HAVE A PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH THAT WAS TAKEN IN EVERETT, WASHINGTON IN JUNE, 2001. CAN THIS PHOTO BE CONSIDERED FREE SOFTWARE FOR USE WITH MY PERSONAL PORTFOLIO ON WIKIMEDIA COMMONS? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert G. Newbegin (talk • contribs) 22:51, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photographs of identifiable people and Commons:Project scope. Who was the photographer, and who is the portait subject? The photographer ordinarily owns the copyright to the photo, unless possibly it was a work for hire, so he or she would have to agree to publish it under a free content license or put it into the public domain. If you can get permission from the photographer, follow the procedure in COM:OTRS. The photograph is far too recent to have already reverted to the public domain automatically. --Teratornis (talk) 02:56, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Public domain for more rules about what is in the public domain. And see the other links under COM:EIC#Copyright. You can also ask on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --Teratornis (talk) 03:09, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Downloading Help

Is there any way to download (mass) all images from a category/page? Not the thumbnail one but the best available (in Commons) one?

--Malikussaid (talk) 10:00, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not. See COM:EIC#Download and WP:EIW#Download. Because of the varying attribution requirements on various images, some personal attention is necessary to comply with all the licenses. A mass download would probably lead to mass violations of reuse requirements. If you are only downloading for private use, that might be different. --Teratornis (talk) 11:23, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I thought image on all images on commons is licensed by CC-BY-SA & GFDL? I'm sorry if I wrong. I'm downloading it just for my wallpaper randomizer (there is a page that contains lot of good wallpaper-quality image like this or this. So I began new day with a fresh wallpaper from Commons. Felt Great to me... --Malikussaid (talk) 13:03, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

wrong translation for the word "pene"= from the Italian into English

the word "Pena" singular = pain in English the word "pene" plural = pain or more than one It should not be translated "penis" the word " penis "in Italian is not "pene"...It's "PEME" please correct!!!!! thank you V. <removed e-mail address>— Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.7.5.241 (talk • contribs) 14:18, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you get that from? While "pena" means punishment/pain and has the plural "pene", the word "pene" (plural "peni") is also a valid noun in Italian meaning penis. See e.g. here. "peme" or "pema", with an "m", is not even an Italian word. And to confuse matters even more, "peni" is also a valid conjugation of the verb "penare" (to suffer/labor/finding something difficult). Lupo 14:58, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

P.S.: if you told us where you found a mistranslation of "pene", we could take a look and indeed correct it, if necessary. Lupo 15:00, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How to upload an image of a death certificate

I have a copy of a death certificate that I would like to use as verification of a date of birth (there's been an ugly edit war on the subject). Is this the place to ask how to do this? If so, how? Stembark (talk) 21:13, 8 March 2010 (UTC)Stembark[reply]

Are you asking about the mechanics of uploading a file, or specifically about how to license the file you want to upload? See the examples in Category:Death certificates. Since you probably do not own the copyright on the death certificate, it probably needs to be in the public domain to be acceptable on Commons. That in turn depends on (a) when the death certificate was issued, and (b) the laws of the issuing country. If you want more specific advice you'll have to tell us at least those two details. If you want to figure it out by reading manuals, see the links under COM:EIC#Copyright which cover a lot of different cases. --Teratornis (talk) 04:55, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maryland, USA. Person died in 1936.96.10.116.173 05:30, 9 March 2010 (UTC)Stembark[reply]

list of category members

Ist there a way to list Pictures wich are in Category:Cameroon and at least in one of the following: Category:Featured pictures, Category:Quality images or Category:Valued images?--Trockennasenaffe (talk) 17:29, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Recursively (including subcategories), the following files use {{Assessments}}, {{QualityImage}}, {{VI}}, and {{Valued image}}:

I will not guarantee, however, that this list was accurately executed, as sometimes different template names are used. Hope you find what you are looking for. ZooFari 18:31, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You! Only File:Case à la chefferie de Bana.jpg seems to be tanken in Cameroon but one is better than nothing.--Trockennasenaffe (talk) 18:40, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I saved my worked, searched in wiki, and nothing!

To whom it may concern,

I did everything asked, saved my work, searched it in wiki (Pino Greezyo) and nothing. I also googled Pino Greezyo and it gave me: User talk:Pino Greezyo - Wikimedia Commons

can you please let me know what's going on?

Thank you in advance

What work are you looking for? ZooFari 20:32, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is a "my contributions" link in the top right cornor of this site (if you are logged in), Special:Contributions/Pino_Greezyo. Maybe you are lost here on the wrong project, this is Wikimedia Commons. If you look for your vanity page on Wikipedia see en.wikipedia.org. But before you may have a look for the english Wikipedia en:WP:NOTMYSPACE - wikipedia userpages are not intended to abuse them for pure self-promotion. You can use your userpage to tell something about you and your work on the Wikimedia projects. --Martin H. (talk) 21:48, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kategorie zuordnung

Ich möchte gern vier Bilder aus meiner Galerie ,,Digitalfotografieeffekt1-4`` der Kategorie Kategorie: Lens Flares zuordnen.Kann das jemand.Danke--Salvi 5 (talk) 20:25, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Einfach die entsprechenden Bilder anklicken, auf edit klicken und den Text [[Category:Lens flares]] (die Kategorie war wohl gemeint?) ans Ende der Seite anfügen. Siehe auch COM:EIC#Cat. --Martin H. (talk) 21:41, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Beim bearbeiten auf keinen Fall GoogleTranslation verwenden. Das zerstört den Quelltext der Seite. --Martin H. (talk) 14:46, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image does not show up

I uploaded a new version of File:Dolmabahce Palace plan.svg, but for some reason the image does not show up (look for example at fr:Palais de Dolmabahçe and search for "Plan du palais"). Did I do something wrong? --Lambiam 19:23, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't work with svg images, but I think you may have done something wrong while you were editing it. See the error message on this page which is calling for a file that is presumably from your computer. The URL leads me to believe you saved it as a png rather than an svg. Killiondude (talk) 19:38, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see an error message on that page, only a 200px thumbnail of an older version (not one I uploaded). The version I uploaded is on this page and looks fine except for same snag by which parts of one object are not shown. This page is linked to from page File:Dolmabahce Palace plan.svg as it should, also in the spot where you expect the image to show, except it doesn't. --Lambiam 20:16, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see this error message:

librsvg-ERROR **: _rsvg_acquire_xlink_href_resource called for external resource: file:///Users/lambiam/inkscape_pasted_image_20100310_201601.png base: (null)

Killiondude (talk) 20:23, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strange (that you see an error while I don't). It is presumably also connected with the fact that parts of one object are not shown. I'll try to redo that object. Thanks. --Lambiam 21:11, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I did see the error message after clearing the cache. After redoing the object the problem disappeared. This was my first attempt to use inkscape; I don't know why it turned parts of the object into png's. Anyway, thanks. --Lambiam 21:50, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your svg linked to external raster file that exist only on your computer, Help:Inkscape#Embedding raster images --Justass (talk) 21:55, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image Paths

Images at upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons always have a strange middle part:

eg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/QalaunMosque1.jpg

How is the "b/b5/" generated for the final image URL? Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:QalaunMosque1.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.189.204.222 (talk) 02:08, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Dont know about how URL's are generated, but it's easy to get full path to any images via mediawiki API http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Image:QalaunMosque1.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=url --Justass (talk) 02:55, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Langra in Wikipedia and I'm Thaumaturgist in Wikimedia Commons.

I wanted to have the same name (Thaumaturgist) in both places but was not allowed to. It appears that everytime I'm going back and forth between Wikimedia (that's where I had posted my photos) & Wikipedia, copying my own stuff back and forth, I'm triggering an alarm. And as i am working on an article, an admin person deletes the page possibly thinking that I (Thaumaturgist) am copying from Langra.

I had already lost few pages of work, and I'm really getting frustrated.

Please help me to have a unified login using Thaumaturgist.

Thank you very much. Thaumaturgist (talk) 04:24, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]