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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: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.
    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 to use only the Wikimedia Commons as external image source


    == See also ==
    == See also ==
    * [[Consumerium Commons]]
    * [[Consumerium Commons]]

    Latest revision as of 22:18, 6 July 2017

    Wikimedia Commons (wikimedia.org) is a multilingually enabled digital commons for uploading, managing and serving media that runs (a slightly modified) MediaWiki.


    Wikimedia Commons logo
    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[edit | edit source]

    SYNTAX: [[File:Name on Wikimedia Commons]] will include the media in the article.

    Guides into Wikimedia Commons[edit | edit source]

    How to add it to an another wiki[edit | edit source]

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

    See also[edit | edit source]