User talk:Kwildgen

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Hi there. Just in case you didn't see the reply left on Help desk, I thought it was worth copying over and adding a little extra comment of my own.

(start copied text) Not so much a question as a comment: I have several photos taken of Palazzo Venezia (and many other places mentioned in Wiki) that I'd be happy to contribute, but it is so difficult, I've given up. I registered, then was asked to upload to Wiki Commons that required a new log in with new user name, password. It's simply not worth the time and trouble it takes to contribute images to Wiki. Sorry I couldn't help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwildgen (talk • contribs) 17:25, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Kwilogen. You can now use Special:MergeAccount which unifies your login on all Wikimedia projects. That saves having to create an account for each project. Best, PeterSymonds (talk)  17:28, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

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 * Once you have done the account merge (which allows you to use the same logon for all Wikimedia sites, including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikinews and several others), the Commons upload form has a guide that will help you choose an appropriate license for your photos. Once the photos are up, you can then add them to articles as described in Images. I'm sorry that it's seemed difficult for you, and there are many reasons for that - some of it is just the increasing complexity of things (sometimes known as instruction creep), some of it is due to the fact that so many of the pictures that people contribute aren't allowed on here, and so precautions have to be taken. And some of it is probably because the rules were written by people with technical minds who thought they were actually writing really simple, easy to understand rules. Confusing Manifestation (Say hi!) 23:19, 22 June 2008 (UTC)