Wikimedia Commons

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Wikimedia Commons
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Type of site
Media repository
FoundedSeptember 7, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-09-07)
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
Created byWikimedia movement
Websitecommons.wikimedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional (required to upload files)
Current statusActive
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]

  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Endres
  2. "Embedding Commons' media in Wikimedia projects". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  3. Statistics page on Wikimedia Commons