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'''Wikimedia Commons''' is a major part or 'Project' of the {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF).  More commonly known as simply '''Commons''', it is a [[wiki]] of an online depository {{tag|database}} of over 16 million freely usable {{tag|media}} files to which anyone can contribute.  The files, which include {{tag|images}}, {{tag|video}}s and {{tag|audio}}; are for use by the various Wikimedia projects, such as [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].  And whilst the [[English Wikipedia]] will accept 'fair use' images, the Wikimedia Commons will not; all must be completely free to use (either public domain, or an unrestricted copyleft license). Individual language editions of Wikipedia have their own standards for fair use—e.g. [[Español Wikipedia]] will not allow fair use media.
'''Wikimedia Commons''' is a major part or 'Project' of the {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF).  More commonly known as merely '''Commons''', it is a [[wiki]] of an online depository {{tag|database}} of over 19 million freely usable {{tag|media}} files to which anyone can contribute.  The files, which include {{tag|images}}, {{tag|video}}s and {{tag|audio}}; are primarilly for use by the various Wikimedia projects, such as [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].  And whilst the [[English Wikipedia]] will accept 'fair use' images, the Wikimedia Commons will not; all must be completely free to use (either public domain, or an unrestricted copyleft license). Other individual language editions of Wikipedia have their own differing standards for fair use — e.g. [[Español Wikipedia]] will not allow fair use media.


[[Wikitravel]] has a similar free media repository with [[Wikitravel Shared]].
The [[mw:InstantCommons|InstantCommons]] extension for [[MediaWiki.org|MediaWiki]] will allow non-[[Wikimedia Foundation]] sites to use Commons media on their own wiki.
 
The [[mw:InstantCommons|InstantCommons]] extension for [[MediaWiki]] will allow non-[[Wikimedia Foundation]] sites to use Commons media.


{{Size <!--see Template:Size for full detail-->
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|pages= 16517382 <!--uploaded files - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles-->
|pages= 19,229,079 <!--uploaded files - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles-->
|statistics URL= http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
|statistics URL= http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
|wikiFactor= 6 <!--preferred; if unknown leave void; see: Category:wikiFactor for help-->
|wikiFactor= <!--6 - preferred; if unknown leave void; see: Category:wikiFactor for help-->
|wikiFactor URL= http://stats.grok.se/commons/top
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}}(As of: 25 March 2013)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
}}(As of: 06 November 2013)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
*[[Meta-Wiki:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]] at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
*[[Meta-Wiki:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]] at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
*[http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikispecial/EN/TablesWikipediaCOMMONS.htm Wikimedia Commons Statistics] — stats.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Statistics]]
*[http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikispecial/EN/TablesWikipediaCOMMONS.htm Wikimedia Commons Statistics] — stats.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Statistics]]
*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/specials/commons Wikimedia Commons Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics.net
*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/specials/commons Wikimedia Commons Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics.net
;See also
*[[Wikitravel Shared]] — a similar free media repository for [[:Category:Wikitravel|Wikitravel]]


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Wikimedia Commons is a major part or 'Project' of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). More commonly known as merely Commons, it is a wiki of an online depository database of over 19 million freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. The files, which include images, videos and audio; are primarilly for use by the various Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia. And whilst the English Wikipedia will accept 'fair use' images, the Wikimedia Commons will not; all must be completely free to use (either public domain, or an unrestricted copyleft license). Other individual language editions of Wikipedia have their own differing standards for fair use — e.g. Español Wikipedia will not allow fair use media.

The InstantCommons extension for MediaWiki will allow non-Wikimedia Foundation sites to use Commons media on their own wiki.

Wiki size: 19,229,079 article pages see stats

(As of: 06 November 2013)

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