Wikimedia Commons
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Type of site | Media repository |
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Founded | September 7, 2004 |
Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
Created by | Wikimedia movement |
Website | commons |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Optional (required to upload files) |
Current status | Active |
Content license | Open |
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]
References[edit]
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- ↑ "Embedding Commons' media in Wikimedia projects". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
- ↑ Statistics page on Wikimedia Commons