Original author and valid reference Hi I responsible for the making of the pictures see pictures 1 2 3 and 4 and I also freely gave them away to WIkipedia commons The question is if it s ok to use your own scientific work in Wikipeida The answer is Yes For example It will be impossible to incorporate the pictures see pictures 1 2 3 and 4 in Wikipedia if you can t give away your own pictures and in the same time include your own work as a reference to the same pictures And honestly do anybody really think any researcher can write an scientific article which isn t based on his or her own knowledge including the research According to Wikipedia rules if someone want to improve the articles and for some reason doesn t want my work as a reference they must prove it wrong by discussions on the talk page If the reference is found to be wrong Then all the information pictures and theories which I have contributed to in the Wikipedia articles galling wear and Stress mechanics must be deleted Because my contributions are closely linkt to my research Consensus means that every body must agree and I don t think Wikipedia have redefined the word consensus even if they try to redefine the word consensus it doesn t matter because the question is whether the people who are continuously deleting my reference are making a terribly wrong and stupid act Or if my work pictures theories references text and other contributions to Wikipedia are wrong Clearly vast amounts of my contributions are still present in Wikipedia articles such as pictures text and theories Everything I have put in are still there except the one reference to all the pictures theories and text see below Wallin H 2008 129 p An investigation of friction graphs ranking ability regarding the galling phenomenon in dry SOFS contact Adhesive material transfer and friction A free pdf document available here or found here or at here use search words galling Harald Wallin or the direct libris link here I will reinstate my reference in the galling article and I may do so by the Wikipedia s original means of existence and also formal rules of engagement