Wikimedia Commons: Difference between revisions

*[https://Archive.org/details/wikimediacommons Monthly independent database dumps of 34 TB of Wikimedia Commons images] — from WikiTeam
(→‎External links: *{{Wikidata|Q565|Wikimedia Commons (Q565)}} — www.Wikidata.org, at Wikimedia Wikidata)
(*[https://Archive.org/details/wikimediacommons Monthly independent database dumps of 34 TB of Wikimedia Commons images] — from WikiTeam)
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'''Wikimedia Commons – ''the free media repository''''' — is a major part or '[[WMF: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 56&nbsp;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 not; 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&nbsp;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&nbsp;{{Wp|terabyte}}s&nbsp;(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&nbsp;{{Wp|terabyte}}s&nbsp;(TB)![https://Commons.Wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MediaStatistics#All_files]
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*[https://Play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons Wikimedia Commons Android app] — on Google Play
*[https://Play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons Wikimedia Commons Android app] — on Google Play
*[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]]
*[https://Archive.org/details/wikimediacommons Monthly independent database dumps of 34&nbsp;TB of Wikimedia Commons images] — from [[WikiTeam]]


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