Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is an online repository of free-use images, sound, and other media files. It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all Wikimedia projects in all languages, including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikivoyage, Wikispecies, Wikisource, and Wikinews, or downloaded for offsite use. The repository contains over 30 million media files. In July 2013, the number of edits on Commons reached 100,000,000.
History
The project was proposed by Erik Möller in March 2004 and launched on September 7, 2004. A key motivation behind the setup of a central repository was the desire to reduce duplication of effort across the Wikimedia projects and languages, as the same file had to be uploaded to many different wikis separately before Commons was created.
Several sister projects (e.g. Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Spanish, Basque, Polish, Czech and Slovak Wikipedias) moved all their media content to Commons and stopped allowing local uploading. Some projects, such as the English Wikipedia, have more compliant copyright policy and allow to upload and keep files which are not acceptable at Commons, e.g. fair use images.
Basic information on using the website Wikimedia Commons, warning about needing a specific application to view videos, and applications to teaching in an elementary-school setting.
published: 17 Sep 2015
Wikimedia: The Commons
The Wikimedia Foundation does more than run the worlds largest encyclopedia. This video focuses on the Wikimedia Commons, a free public library of over 90 million media files. Access to art is a matter of social justice, and Wikimedia Commons makes media available to everyone online, regardless of their economic status. This p4a, consider supporting creative endeavors around the world by voting for the Wikimedia Foundation.
Donate at https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Subscribe for more educational content.
License information for the walrus video: An-d, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Neseyka.ogv
This video is CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
I'm always curio...
published: 02 Feb 2023
How to use an image from Wikimedia Commons on Wikipedia.
Images are an important part of bringing a Wikipedia page to life. This video talks you through how to add an image to a Wikipedia article from Wikimedia Commons.
published: 09 Sep 2020
How to upload an image onto Wikimedia Commons.
Images are an important part of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. This video explains how to upload an image onto Wikimedia Commons, an online repository of free to use media and images.
published: 09 Sep 2020
Making a Movie with Wikimedia Commons
published: 20 Aug 2022
Finding and Using Wikimedia Commons Images
Searching Wikimedia Commons for CC images http://www.screenr.com/w8J8
published: 09 Sep 2012
What is Creative Commons?
When you take a photo, make music or shoot a video it’s yours, you own it. You also own the copyright. Which means you decide how it is used and who can use it and if it can be copied and shared (or remixed). Creative Commons is a set of licenses that enable lawful collaboration to do things like copy, share and remix. Creative Commons is a way to give permission to everyone to freely reuse your creative works. Hundreds of sites use these licenses: Wikipedia, YouTube, Archive.org, Vimeo, Soundcloud, Flickr, Bandcamp, Boundless, Jamendo, TED, Musopen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Free Music Archive, Freesound.
Creative Commons makes us all more free to create.
Copy, share and remix free media on Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org
#CreativeCommons
Also view on Wikimedia ...
published: 07 Feb 2017
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Image Credits:
All images used in this video are licensed under Creative Commons.
Sources:
- Unsplash
- Pexels
- Pixabay
- Wikimedia Commons
-gettyimage
and other CC-licensed platforms.
Thanks to the creative community for sharing their work."
published: 17 Dec 2024
Wikimedia Commons Tutorial
How to properly upload photos on Wikimedia Commmons
Basic information on using the website Wikimedia Commons, warning about needing a specific application to view videos, and applications to teaching in an elemen...
Basic information on using the website Wikimedia Commons, warning about needing a specific application to view videos, and applications to teaching in an elementary-school setting.
Basic information on using the website Wikimedia Commons, warning about needing a specific application to view videos, and applications to teaching in an elementary-school setting.
The Wikimedia Foundation does more than run the worlds largest encyclopedia. This video focuses on the Wikimedia Commons, a free public library of over 90 milli...
The Wikimedia Foundation does more than run the worlds largest encyclopedia. This video focuses on the Wikimedia Commons, a free public library of over 90 million media files. Access to art is a matter of social justice, and Wikimedia Commons makes media available to everyone online, regardless of their economic status. This p4a, consider supporting creative endeavors around the world by voting for the Wikimedia Foundation.
Donate at https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Subscribe for more educational content.
License information for the walrus video: An-d, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Neseyka.ogv
This video is CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
I'm always curious where my stuff ends up, so let me know if you feel like it!
The Wikimedia Foundation does more than run the worlds largest encyclopedia. This video focuses on the Wikimedia Commons, a free public library of over 90 million media files. Access to art is a matter of social justice, and Wikimedia Commons makes media available to everyone online, regardless of their economic status. This p4a, consider supporting creative endeavors around the world by voting for the Wikimedia Foundation.
Donate at https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Subscribe for more educational content.
License information for the walrus video: An-d, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Neseyka.ogv
This video is CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
I'm always curious where my stuff ends up, so let me know if you feel like it!
Images are an important part of bringing a Wikipedia page to life. This video talks you through how to add an image to a Wikipedia article from Wikimedia Common...
Images are an important part of bringing a Wikipedia page to life. This video talks you through how to add an image to a Wikipedia article from Wikimedia Commons.
Images are an important part of bringing a Wikipedia page to life. This video talks you through how to add an image to a Wikipedia article from Wikimedia Commons.
Images are an important part of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. This video explains how to upload an image onto Wikimedia Commons, an online repository ...
Images are an important part of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. This video explains how to upload an image onto Wikimedia Commons, an online repository of free to use media and images.
Images are an important part of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. This video explains how to upload an image onto Wikimedia Commons, an online repository of free to use media and images.
When you take a photo, make music or shoot a video it’s yours, you own it. You also own the copyright. Which means you decide how it is used and who can use it ...
When you take a photo, make music or shoot a video it’s yours, you own it. You also own the copyright. Which means you decide how it is used and who can use it and if it can be copied and shared (or remixed). Creative Commons is a set of licenses that enable lawful collaboration to do things like copy, share and remix. Creative Commons is a way to give permission to everyone to freely reuse your creative works. Hundreds of sites use these licenses: Wikipedia, YouTube, Archive.org, Vimeo, Soundcloud, Flickr, Bandcamp, Boundless, Jamendo, TED, Musopen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Free Music Archive, Freesound.
Creative Commons makes us all more free to create.
Copy, share and remix free media on Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org
#CreativeCommons
Also view on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What_is_Creative_Commons%3F.webm
and Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/202862112
The content contained in this video is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-
ShareAlike License v 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) unless otherwise
stated. The work is attributable to: Victor Grigas, Wikimedia Foundation.
Video by Victor Grigas
Music by Kate Orange
The Wikipedia puzzle globe is by the authors at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_trademarks, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Wikimedia Foundation trademarks are usually registered trademarks or pending registration
of the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please see our Trademark Policy at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy or contact [email protected]
Media:
Не формат
Kate Orange
CC BY-SA 3.0
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1119476/ne-format
Cc.logo.circle.svg
Creative Commons, fixed by Quibik
Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cc.logo.circle.svg
Ice cracking
timbreknight
CC0
https://www.freesound.org/people/timbreknight/sounds/342546/
Work indoor demolition:destruction impact cement:concrete, 1m perspective,
falling remains of wall, Hammer, stereo XY.wav
gaby7129
CC BY 3.0
https://www.freesound.org/people/gaby7129/sounds/238764/
Great Wave off Kanagawa2.jpg
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 / Library of Congress
Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa2.jpg
Vinyl Needle Skip.wav
ZeSoundResearchInc.
CC0
https://www.freesound.org/people/ZeSoundResearchInc./sounds/117512/
templeofhades
Scratch Sample
CC0
https://www.freesound.org/people/templeofhades/sounds/151822/
DJ QBert at Rainbow Warehouse, Birmingham UK
Chris Bates
CC by 3.0
https://vimeo.com/6579455
When you take a photo, make music or shoot a video it’s yours, you own it. You also own the copyright. Which means you decide how it is used and who can use it and if it can be copied and shared (or remixed). Creative Commons is a set of licenses that enable lawful collaboration to do things like copy, share and remix. Creative Commons is a way to give permission to everyone to freely reuse your creative works. Hundreds of sites use these licenses: Wikipedia, YouTube, Archive.org, Vimeo, Soundcloud, Flickr, Bandcamp, Boundless, Jamendo, TED, Musopen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Free Music Archive, Freesound.
Creative Commons makes us all more free to create.
Copy, share and remix free media on Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org
#CreativeCommons
Also view on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What_is_Creative_Commons%3F.webm
and Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/202862112
The content contained in this video is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-
ShareAlike License v 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) unless otherwise
stated. The work is attributable to: Victor Grigas, Wikimedia Foundation.
Video by Victor Grigas
Music by Kate Orange
The Wikipedia puzzle globe is by the authors at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_trademarks, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Wikimedia Foundation trademarks are usually registered trademarks or pending registration
of the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please see our Trademark Policy at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy or contact [email protected]
Media:
Не формат
Kate Orange
CC BY-SA 3.0
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1119476/ne-format
Cc.logo.circle.svg
Creative Commons, fixed by Quibik
Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cc.logo.circle.svg
Ice cracking
timbreknight
CC0
https://www.freesound.org/people/timbreknight/sounds/342546/
Work indoor demolition:destruction impact cement:concrete, 1m perspective,
falling remains of wall, Hammer, stereo XY.wav
gaby7129
CC BY 3.0
https://www.freesound.org/people/gaby7129/sounds/238764/
Great Wave off Kanagawa2.jpg
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 / Library of Congress
Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa2.jpg
Vinyl Needle Skip.wav
ZeSoundResearchInc.
CC0
https://www.freesound.org/people/ZeSoundResearchInc./sounds/117512/
templeofhades
Scratch Sample
CC0
https://www.freesound.org/people/templeofhades/sounds/151822/
DJ QBert at Rainbow Warehouse, Birmingham UK
Chris Bates
CC by 3.0
https://vimeo.com/6579455
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Image Credits:
All images used in this video are licensed un...
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Image Credits:
All images used in this video are licensed under Creative Commons.
Sources:
- Unsplash
- Pexels
- Pixabay
- Wikimedia Commons
-gettyimage
and other CC-licensed platforms.
Thanks to the creative community for sharing their work."
उम्मीद की लहर दौड़ गयी #cricket news #viralshorts #ytshorts #viratkohli #ipl #cricket express
Image Credits:
All images used in this video are licensed under Creative Commons.
Sources:
- Unsplash
- Pexels
- Pixabay
- Wikimedia Commons
-gettyimage
and other CC-licensed platforms.
Thanks to the creative community for sharing their work."
Basic information on using the website Wikimedia Commons, warning about needing a specific application to view videos, and applications to teaching in an elementary-school setting.
The Wikimedia Foundation does more than run the worlds largest encyclopedia. This video focuses on the Wikimedia Commons, a free public library of over 90 million media files. Access to art is a matter of social justice, and Wikimedia Commons makes media available to everyone online, regardless of their economic status. This p4a, consider supporting creative endeavors around the world by voting for the Wikimedia Foundation.
Donate at https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Subscribe for more educational content.
License information for the walrus video: An-d, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Neseyka.ogv
This video is CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
I'm always curious where my stuff ends up, so let me know if you feel like it!
Images are an important part of bringing a Wikipedia page to life. This video talks you through how to add an image to a Wikipedia article from Wikimedia Commons.
Images are an important part of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. This video explains how to upload an image onto Wikimedia Commons, an online repository of free to use media and images.
When you take a photo, make music or shoot a video it’s yours, you own it. You also own the copyright. Which means you decide how it is used and who can use it and if it can be copied and shared (or remixed). Creative Commons is a set of licenses that enable lawful collaboration to do things like copy, share and remix. Creative Commons is a way to give permission to everyone to freely reuse your creative works. Hundreds of sites use these licenses: Wikipedia, YouTube, Archive.org, Vimeo, Soundcloud, Flickr, Bandcamp, Boundless, Jamendo, TED, Musopen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Free Music Archive, Freesound.
Creative Commons makes us all more free to create.
Copy, share and remix free media on Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org
#CreativeCommons
Also view on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What_is_Creative_Commons%3F.webm
and Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/202862112
The content contained in this video is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-
ShareAlike License v 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) unless otherwise
stated. The work is attributable to: Victor Grigas, Wikimedia Foundation.
Video by Victor Grigas
Music by Kate Orange
The Wikipedia puzzle globe is by the authors at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_trademarks, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Wikimedia Foundation trademarks are usually registered trademarks or pending registration
of the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please see our Trademark Policy at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy or contact [email protected]
Media:
Не формат
Kate Orange
CC BY-SA 3.0
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1119476/ne-format
Cc.logo.circle.svg
Creative Commons, fixed by Quibik
Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cc.logo.circle.svg
Ice cracking
timbreknight
CC0
https://www.freesound.org/people/timbreknight/sounds/342546/
Work indoor demolition:destruction impact cement:concrete, 1m perspective,
falling remains of wall, Hammer, stereo XY.wav
gaby7129
CC BY 3.0
https://www.freesound.org/people/gaby7129/sounds/238764/
Great Wave off Kanagawa2.jpg
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 / Library of Congress
Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa2.jpg
Vinyl Needle Skip.wav
ZeSoundResearchInc.
CC0
https://www.freesound.org/people/ZeSoundResearchInc./sounds/117512/
templeofhades
Scratch Sample
CC0
https://www.freesound.org/people/templeofhades/sounds/151822/
DJ QBert at Rainbow Warehouse, Birmingham UK
Chris Bates
CC by 3.0
https://vimeo.com/6579455
उम्मीद की लहर दौड़ गयी #cricket news #viralshorts #ytshorts #viratkohli #ipl #cricket express
Image Credits:
All images used in this video are licensed under Creative Commons.
Sources:
- Unsplash
- Pexels
- Pixabay
- Wikimedia Commons
-gettyimage
and other CC-licensed platforms.
Thanks to the creative community for sharing their work."
Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is an online repository of free-use images, sound, and other media files. It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all Wikimedia projects in all languages, including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikivoyage, Wikispecies, Wikisource, and Wikinews, or downloaded for offsite use. The repository contains over 30 million media files. In July 2013, the number of edits on Commons reached 100,000,000.
History
The project was proposed by Erik Möller in March 2004 and launched on September 7, 2004. A key motivation behind the setup of a central repository was the desire to reduce duplication of effort across the Wikimedia projects and languages, as the same file had to be uploaded to many different wikis separately before Commons was created.
Several sister projects (e.g. Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Spanish, Basque, Polish, Czech and Slovak Wikipedias) moved all their media content to Commons and stopped allowing local uploading. Some projects, such as the English Wikipedia, have more compliant copyright policy and allow to upload and keep files which are not acceptable at Commons, e.g. fair use images.
DECEMBER 24. 20 years ago (2004). ADVERTISEMENT ... They've already been implanted into him ... and Mrs ... Pictured is a Maxwell Mascotte Touring 1911 by Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden - Own work, CC BY-SA3.0, https.//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1526033.
Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA3.0 https.//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via WikimediaCommons... Our piece detailed how Prof ... Rather, they prohibited the students from entering common student spaces in CSAIL, where some of these students work ... ....
The Interislander ferry Kaiarahi. Photo. WikimediaCommons. The Interislander ferry Kaiārahi has been towed back to Wellington due to a technical issue ... .