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Wikimedia Commons
	Screenshot Screenshot of the Wikimedia Commons main page
Type of site	Media repository
Founded	September 7, 2004; 20 years ago
Owner	Wikimedia Foundation
Created by	Wikimedia movement
Website	commons.wikimedia.org
Commercial	No
Registration	Optional (required to upload files)
Current status	Active
Content license	Open

Latest revision as of 18:36, 27 August 2024

Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is a media repository of free-to-use images, sounds, videos and other media.^[1] It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all of the Wikimedia projects^[2] in all languages, including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wiktionary, Wikinews, Wikibooks, and Wikispecies, or downloaded for offsite use. As of August 2023, the repository contains over 97 million free-to-use media files, managed and editable by registered volunteers.^[3]

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↑ "Embedding Commons' media in Wikimedia projects". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
↑ Statistics page on Wikimedia Commons

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[Embedding-2] "Embedding Commons' media in Wikimedia projects". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 7 August 2007.

[CommonsStats-3] Statistics page on Wikimedia Commons

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	Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all of the Wikimedia projects<ref name="Embedding">{{cite web \|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:First_steps/Reuse#Embedding_Commons'_media_in_Wikimedia_projects \|title=Embedding Commons' media in Wikimedia projects \|publisher=Wikimedia Commons \|access-date=August 7, 2007}}</ref> in all languages, including [[Wikipedia]], [[Wikivoyage]], [[Wikisource]], [[Wikiquote]], [[Wiktionary]], [[Wikinews]], [[Wikibooks]], and [[Wikispecies]], or downloaded for offsite use. As of August 2023, the repository contains over 97 million free-to-use media files, managed and editable by registered volunteers.<ref name="CommonsStats">[[commons:Special:Statistics\|Statistics page]] on Wikimedia Commons</ref>		Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all of the Wikimedia projects<ref name="Embedding">{{cite web \|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:First_steps/Reuse#Embedding_Commons'_media_in_Wikimedia_projects \|title=Embedding Commons' media in Wikimedia projects \|publisher=Wikimedia Commons \|access-date=August 7, 2007}}</ref> in all languages, including [[Wikipedia]], [[Wikivoyage]], [[Wikisource]], [[Wikiquote]], [[Wiktionary]], [[Wikinews]], [[Wikibooks]], and [[Wikispecies]], or downloaded for offsite use. As of August 2023, the repository contains over 97 million free-to-use media files, managed and editable by registered volunteers.<ref name="CommonsStats">[[commons:Special:Statistics\|Statistics page]] on Wikimedia Commons</ref>

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