Wikimedia Commons: Difference between revisions

    (To include images from the Wikimedia Commons just use syntax File:Wikimedia_Commons_-_Stockphoto_gadget.png l)
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    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 onto this wiki ==


    '''SYNTAX:''' <nowiki>[[File:Name on Wikimedia Commons]]</nowiki> will include the media in the article
    '''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 conent outside of Wikimedia]]
    * [[w:Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia|Wikimedia Commons on using its conent 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  
    To include media from the Wikimedia Commons to your own wiki you must activate it in LocalSettings.php by setting