A single login would be quite nice. My question is, with the same name being occupied on many different wikipedias, how would that be handled? Your "Eloquence@enwikipedia" suggestion, with the screen showing only "Eloquence" would be nice. I agree to wait on a true solution rather than a hack.
James
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Erik Moeller Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:40 PM To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Galleries on Wikipedia vs. galleries onWikimediaCommons
James-
I would like to see each wikipedia be able to view what's in the Wiki-Commons from within their own wiki, but in their own language, and
when
they upload a picture, they upload to the commons, not the wiki, thereby saving server space. So, if I log into the German wiki, I can edit a description of the picture, and from English, Dutch, etc., I can do the
same
thing, and it all describes the same picture, not multiple copies of the same picture.
If you have a Commons image like
[[Image:Magnolia blossom.jpg]]
and you use it on a Wikipedia, e.g.:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Magnolia_blossom.jpg
then you can edit the image description page and add a German text. The image still comes from the commons - no disk space wasted.
However, it is not currently possible to upload files from any other Wikimedia project directly to the Commons. That's because to do so, the Commons would have to know who you are - and every wiki has its own account database. We could use something like "Eloquence@enwikipedia" as the identity, or offer an option to store the Commons password in the preferences, but I'd rather wait until we have true single login instead of using a temporary hack.
Regards,
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