A the moment a discussion is underway at the Commons about allowing administrators on the commons to view deleted images on all projects [1]. This would allow us to check whether an image with a certain name (or maybe hash) has been uploaded and then deleted on another project for whatever reason (e.g. copyvio etc.). To do this we currently have to contact someone at the project and ask them to do so for us (especially difficult if you do not know their language). One solution suggested would be to do this using the toolserver, the only trouble is that to do so would require user authentication - which is not permitted by the rules. I was wondering whether it would be possible to get an exemption or alternatively whether a separate authentication system set up on the toolserver tool for such a thing and all current commons admins e-mailed a default password which they can then change. I hope this makes sense, Robert. [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:VP#Viewing_deleted_images_on_other_pr…