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'''[[Wikimedia]] [[Commons]]''' [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ (wikimedia.org)] is a multilingually enabled digital commons for uploading, managing and serving media that runs (a slightly modified) [[MediaWiki]].

[[File:Commons-logo-en.svg|thumb|right|240px|Wikimedia Commons logo]]

[[File:Wikimedia_Commons_-_Stockphoto_gadget.png|thumb|right|500px|Ja ist meta. A picture from Commons showing the Commons showing an Orange in a Consumerium article about the Commons. In Belgium they leave those leaves in 'em ju nou.]]

Since it is successfully run by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] on a large scale we can be assured that this is a solution that will scale up.

== Including media from the Wikimedia Commons onto this wiki ==

'''SYNTAX:''' <nowiki>[[File:Name on Wikimedia Commons]]</nowiki> will include the media in the article.

== Guides into Wikimedia Commons ==

* [[w:Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia|Wikimedia Commons on using its content outside of Wikimedia]]

== How to add it to an another wiki ==

To include media from the Wikimedia Commons to your own wiki you must activate it in LocalSettings.php by setting

* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos if you need to source media from many [[wikis]] or

* By setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true

* By setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true to use only the Wikimedia Commons as external image source

== See also ==

* [[Consumerium Commons]]

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 '''[[Wikimedia]] [[Commons]]''' [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ (wikimedia.org)] is a multilingually enabled digital commons for uploading, managing and serving media that runs (a slightly modified) [[MediaWiki]].
+[[File:Commons-logo-en.svg|thumb|right|240px|Wikimedia Commons logo]]
+[[File:Wikimedia_Commons_-_Stockphoto_gadget.png|thumb|right|500px|Ja ist meta. A picture from Commons showing the Commons showing an Orange in a Consumerium article about the Commons. In Belgium they leave those leaves in 'em ju nou.]]
 Since it is successfully run by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] on a large scale we can be assured that this is a solution that will scale up.
+== Including media from the Wikimedia Commons onto this wiki ==
+'''SYNTAX:''' <nowiki>[[File:Name on Wikimedia Commons]]</nowiki> will include the media in the article.
+== Guides into Wikimedia Commons ==
+* [[w:Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia|Wikimedia Commons on using its content outside of Wikimedia]]
+== How to add it to an another wiki ==
 To include media from the Wikimedia Commons to your own wiki you must activate it in LocalSettings.php by setting
 * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos if you need to source media from many [[wikis]] or
-* By setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true
+* By setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true to use only the Wikimedia Commons as external image source
 == See also ==
 * [[Consumerium Commons]]