Wikimedia Commons: Difference between revisions
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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]]. | '''[[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: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. | 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 == | == Including media from the Wikimedia Commons == | ||
'''SYNTAX:''' <nowiki>[[File:Name on Wikimedia Commons]]</nowiki> will include the media in the article | |||
* [[w:Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia|Wikimedia Commons on using its conent outside of Wikimedia]] | * [[w:Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia|Wikimedia Commons on using its conent outside of Wikimedia]] | ||
To include media from the Wikimedia Commons to your own wiki you must activate it in LocalSettings.php by setting | 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:$wgForeignFileRepos if you need to source media from many [[wikis]] or | * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos if you need to source media from many [[wikis]] or | ||
* By setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true to use only the Wikimedia Commons as external image source | * By setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true to use only the Wikimedia Commons as external image source | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Consumerium Commons]] | * [[Consumerium Commons]] | ||
Revision as of 12:43, 10 September 2016
Wikimedia Commons (wikimedia.org) is a multilingually enabled digital commons for uploading, managing and serving media that runs (a slightly modified) MediaWiki.
Since it is successfully run by the Wikimedia Foundation on a large scale we can be assured that this is a solution that will scale up.
Including media from the Wikimedia Commons
SYNTAX: [[File:Name on Wikimedia Commons]] will include the media in the article
To include media from the Wikimedia Commons to your own wiki you must activate it in LocalSettings.php by setting
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos if you need to source media from many wikis or
- By setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true to use only the Wikimedia Commons as external image source