[Commons-l] batch upload problems of museum photos (got permission)

[Aude]

I'm trying to upload a batch of ~35 photos to commons.  These were taken
earlier this month in Nagasaki, including some photos at the Atomic Bomb
Museum which normally does not allow photography.  I asked permission to
take photographs, which I would be uploading for use in Wikipedia and other
projects (under GFDL/CC).  While my Wikimania badge really isn't official, I
had it with me to help show them that my request was legitimate.  Without my
badge, I highly doubt I would go ask for permission.  I know the topic of
getting people credentials has been mentioned before.

I'm now having trouble uploading the batch of images.  I have another batch
(~100 photos) from Hiroshima, including the museum there (they allow
photography).  In the past, I have used commonist. I was halfway uploading
the batch with the tool, and my wireless broadband internet connection went
out briefly.  I would have to start over with commonist and hope my internet
connection does not get dropped while uploading.  I then looked for other
options and saw Wikimedia commonplace.  Downloaded it, spent time adding
descriptions and information, using "bulk edit".  Hit upload, entered my
user name and password, then submit.  Commonplace then froze for a minute or
so. Then, I got "unhandled exception" error (see below) and forced to quit.
I tried these steps again, including with a small batch of just two images,
with no luck.  I submitted this to the Google bugs/issues page, but am a bit
frustrated at the moment.  As an experienced user, if I'm having this much
trouble, I can only imagine a new user would just give up.  Have others
experienced problems with the upload tools?

I have Flickr Uploader which works flawlessly, and allowed me to keep up
with my pictures while I was traveling, uploading them within hours or a day
of taking them.  The commonplace interface looks cool and thought it would
work like Flickr Uploader.  Many of my pictures are on Flickr, but not at as
high resolution, so FlickrLickr or Flickr upload bot won't work unless I
re-upload to flickr.  Now, I guess I will have to upload them one at a time
to commons?  what other options might I have besides uploading them
individually?  I could upload them to my own server.  Could a bot then
transfer them to Commons?  Though, I like (with Flickr Uploader) to batch
edit the descriptions and licensing information.  Any other possibilities
for batch uploads?

-Aude
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