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	'''Wikimedia Commons – ''the free media repository''''' — is a major part or '{{WMF.org\|Our projects\|Project}}' of the {{tag\|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF). More commonly known to [[Wikipedian\|Wikimedians]] as merely '''Commons''', it is a very large [[wiki]] site of an online depository {{tag\|database}} of over 86 million freely usable educational {{tag\|media}} files, to which anyone can contribute. The files, which include {{tag\|images}} ({{tag\|photographs}}, {{tag\|graphics}}, etc), {{tag\|video}}s, and {{tag\|audio}}; are primarily for use by all [[:Category:Wiki ~~Language~~\|language versions]] of the various Wikimedia projects, such as [[:Category:Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]], [[:Category:Wikinews\|Wikinews]], [[:Category:Wikivoyage\|Wikivoyage]], etc. With specific regards to Wikipedia, whilst the [[English Wikipedia]] ''will'' accept '{{Wp\|fair use}}' images, the Wikimedia Commons will <u>not</u>; all media files uploaded to the Commons <u>must</u> be completely free to use (either {{tag\|public domain}} (PD), or an unrestricted {{tag\|copyleft}} license). Other individual [[:Category:Wiki ~~Language~~\|language]] editions of Wikipedia have their own differing standards for fair use; e.g. [[Español Wikipedia]] will not allow fair use media.		'''Wikimedia Commons – ''the free media repository''''' — is a major part or '{{WMF.org\|Our projects\|Project}}' of the {{tag\|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF). More commonly known to [[Wikipedian\|Wikimedians]] as merely '''Commons''', it is a very large [[wiki]] site of an online depository {{tag\|database}} of over 86 million freely usable educational {{tag\|media}} files, to which anyone can contribute. The files, which include {{tag\|images}} ({{tag\|photographs}}, {{tag\|graphics}}, etc), {{tag\|video}}s, and {{tag\|audio}}; are primarily for use by all [[:Category:Wiki language\|language versions]] of the various Wikimedia projects, such as [[:Category:Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]], [[:Category:Wikinews\|Wikinews]], [[:Category:Wikivoyage\|Wikivoyage]], etc. With specific regards to Wikipedia, whilst the [[English Wikipedia]] ''will'' accept '{{Wp\|fair use}}' images, the Wikimedia Commons will <u>not</u>; all media files uploaded to the Commons <u>must</u> be completely free to use (either {{tag\|public domain}} (PD), or an unrestricted {{tag\|copyleft}} license). Other individual [[:Category:Wiki language\|language]] editions of Wikipedia have their own differing standards for fair use; e.g. [[Español Wikipedia]] will not allow fair use media.

	All textual content on the Commons wiki was initially released under the terms of the {{tag\|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License\|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GNU FDL, or more commonly GFDL). An additional license was subsequently added; the {{tag\|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike\|Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported license}} (CC-BY-SA 3.0).[https://Commons.Wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:General_disclaimer] As of 25 July 2022, the total file size on hard disc for all files is a whopping 350.46 {{Wp\|terabyte}}s (TB)![https://Commons.Wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MediaStatistics#All_files]		All textual content on the Commons wiki was initially released under the terms of the {{tag\|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License\|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GNU FDL, or more commonly GFDL). An additional license was subsequently added; the {{tag\|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike\|Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported license}} (CC-BY-SA 3.0).[https://Commons.Wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:General_disclaimer] As of 25 July 2022, the total file size on hard disc for all files is a whopping 350.46 {{Wp\|terabyte}}s (TB)![https://Commons.Wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MediaStatistics#All_files]