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- Any freely licensed media file (images, sound, video, etc.) that is useful for any Wikimedia project can be uploaded. For acceptable file types, see Commons:File types.
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Aug 25, 2022 · If you copied a file from another Wikimedia project, indicate which one (for example, "the German Wikipedia"), the author there, and the original title. So in order to transfer files from Wikipedia, please follow Wikipedia's Moving images to the Commons guidelines. Especially do not transfer non-commercial and Fair use images. They will be ...
Understand what kinds of uploads Wikimedia Commons can accept. Images that you upload to Wikimedia Commons have to be educational and freely licensed. While "educational" may be a vague category, "freely licensed" is quite specific:
Nov 28, 2023 · The upload wizard is the default way of uploading files to Wikimedia Commons, the media library associated with Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects. The upload wizard is also an extension for MediaWiki, the software that powers Wikimedia's websites.
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The editability and scalability of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) make the format the obvious choice for graphic representation of data and illustrations. However, it is not always easy to convert raster imageslike GIFs, PNGs, or JPEGs to SVG, and some images (especially photos) are not conducive to this treatment. If a diagram cannot be produced i...
Privacy disclosure statement: all EXIF metadata in the uploaded image are publicly visible. As stated above, JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) was developed with photographic images in mind. Although the JPEG algorithms are quite good, there are a couple of tips that will help to get the smallest file size possible without sacrificing quality...
Before you prepare any content originating from Internet for uploading to Commons, it’s important to check its license terms. Most Internet’s content is copyrighted and ineligible for Commons, but there is a lot of free contentas well. It’s also important to check which grade of an image do you obtain.A common mistake of novices is uploading screen...
Jan 17, 2018 · 1: Your first step should be to head over to Commons’ upload wizard. It’ll ask you to log in; please create an account. [1] ——— 2: Read the poster that appears. Most photos that you’ve taken are going to be okay, but there are quirks in national laws—like freedom of panorama. ( Here’s one example .) ——— 3: Move on to the “upload” step.
May 1, 2024 · Any freely licensed media file (images, sound, video, etc.) that is useful for any Wikimedia project can be uploaded. For acceptable file types, see Commons:File types . The licenses must allow for commercial use and the creation of derivative works. 1 See also the copyright question for the required license conditions.
The Wikimedia Commons extension (mentioned above) is installed in OpenRefine on PAWS. Please note: with OpenRefine on PAWS it is NOT possible to upload files to Wikimedia Commons from your local computer. But it is possible to upload files from URLs on the web, and to edit existing files.
