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 {{Wiki
-|name=Wikimedia Commons
+|URL               = http://commons.wikimedia.org
-|URL=http://commons.wikimedia.org
+|logo              = http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Wiki-commons.png
-|logo=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Wiki-commons.png
+|recentchanges URL = http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
-|recentchanges URL=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
+|wikinode URL      = No <!--http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiNode-->
-|wikinode URL=No <!--http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiNode-->
+|status            = Vibrant
-|status=Vibrant
+|language          = Multilingual
-|language=Multilingual
+|editmode          = OpenEdit
-|editmode=OpenEdit
+|engine            = MediaWiki
-|engine=MediaWiki
+|maintopic         = Media
-|maintopic=Media
+|license           = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
-|license=Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
+|backupurl         = http://dumps.wikimedia.org/commonswiki/
-|backupurl=http://dumps.wikimedia.org/commonswiki/
 }}
-'''Wikimedia Commons''', a major part of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]], is a [[wiki]] {{tag|database}} of over 10 million freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.  The files, which must be completely free to use (either public domain, or an unrestricted copyleft license), are for use by the various [[Wikimedia]] projects, such as the [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].  Although the [[English Wikipedia]] will accept fair use {{tag|images}}, the Wikimedia Commons will not.
+'''Wikimedia Commons''' is a major part of the {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}}.  More commonly known as simply '''Commons''', it is a [[wiki]] of an online depository {{tag|database}} of over 14&nbsp;million freely usable {{tag|media}} files to which anyone can contribute.  The files, which include {{tag|images}}, {{tag|videos}} and {{tag|audio}}; are for use by the various [[Wikimedia]] projects, such as the [[: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).
 {{Size
-|pages = 10619771<!--uploaded files-->
+|pages = 14336767<!--uploaded files - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles-->
 |statistics URL = http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
 |wikiFactor = <!--Optional. If unknown leave void. See: Category:wikiFactor.-->
 |wikiFactor URL = <!--Preferred, source of wikiFactor (often 'PopularPages' or 'MostVisitedPages'). If unknown leave void.-->
-}}(As of: DD Month 20YY)<!--manually add or amend date when stats are verified and/or updated--><sup>(verification link needed)</sup>
+}}(As of: 09 October 2012)<!--manually add or amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
+*[http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikispecial/EN/TablesWikipediaCOMMONS.htm Wikimedia Commons Statistics], from stats.Wikimedia.org
+*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/specials/commons Wikimedia Commons Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics.net
 {{Wikimedia}}
 [[Category:Wikimedia Foundation| ]]
-[[Category:English]]<!--the wiki is multiligual, although much of the business of the wiki uaes English as its primary language-->
+[[Category:Wiki English]]<!--the wiki is multiligual, although much of the business of the wiki uaes English as its primary language-->
 [[Category:FoundedIn2004]]<!--http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:AncientPages-->