User talk:Aris00

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I created an image for Morse code. Specifically a diagram. Once I uploaded the image and referenced it in the article, I discovered I had a couple of mistakes in the image which I wanted to correct. I corrected them, prepared an new image and proceeded to upload it.

From what I read in uploading images all I had to do is upload the new version using the same wiki image name. Unfortunatelly, the system gave me a warning and stopped me from uploading: A file with this name exists already, and cannot be overwritten. Please go back and upload this file under a new name. I could not figure it out so I uploaded another image until this gets sorted out. While I was at it, I uploaded a third image which contains the final (I hope) changes.

The questions I am hoping to get some help with, is strict sequence, are:

1. Can anyone suggest why the system was stopping me from updating my image?
2. Can anyone suggest how can I update the first image with a corrected PNG (eg. the one from the third image)?
3. Can anyone suggest how can I then delete the second and third images?

Line-up of suspects
Original image with mistakes (now deleted)	Intermediate corrected image but effective duplicate (now deleted)	Image 3: Final corrected image but effective triplicate (not any more, previous updates deleted)

Thanks

I have now added the db-author template to the first and second images to qualify them for speedy deletion, according to what I could I could make out from the deletion instructions. Waiting to see if they get nuked. Aris00 20:27, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion worked! The duplicates have been eliminated. Will not bother much more with this. Lesson leanred: when there are image updates, just add the update as a new image then delete the old images when finished. Aris00 10:31, 24 July 2006 (UTC)