Wikimedia Commons gets user galleries
Wikimedia Commons gets user galleries
A long-awaited feature added by volunteer developer Bryan Tong Minh.
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Wikimedia Commons licensing tutorial: the making-of
Wikimedia Commons licensing tutorial: the making-of
A behind-the-scenes tour of the project.
Illustrated licensing tutorial for Wikimedia Commons
Illustrated licensing tutorial for Wikimedia Commons
Free knowledge is the foundation of all Wikimedia projects: anyone is free to use, modify and redistribute the content for any purpose. But copyright and free licenses are very confusing for new users, especially when they want to contribute pictures and other media files. A new illustrated licensing tutorial will now guide new users through the basics of copyright and free licenses to make their first steps easier.
One-click reuse buttons on Wikimedia Commons
One-click reuse buttons on Wikimedia Commons
Our volunteers are awesome. More specifically, Magnus Manske is awesome. He just made reusing pictures from Wikimedia Commons a hundred times easier.
Prototype upload wizard unveiled for Wikimedia Commons
Prototype upload wizard unveiled for Wikimedia Commons
If you’ve ever tried to upload a file to Wikimedia Commons, you may have grown frustrated. Our new upload wizard aims to make it easier to contribute multimedia works to Wikimedia projects, and the first test results look promising.
Temporal evolution of the content & participants of Wikimedia Commons
Temporal evolution of the content & participants of Wikimedia Commons
As part of the Multimedia Usability project, I have been doing a lot of research to better understand how Wikimedia Commons is functioning, and particularly to understand its users & participants. One side I am particularly interested in is the demographics and the content dynamics of Commons.
Help us collect good ideas to improve Wikimedia Commons
Do you regularly use media sharing platforms like Flickr, Youtube, Fotopedia, Picasa web or Panoramio? Then you can tell us what you love (or hate) about their interface and features, to help us improve Wikimedia Commons.
digiKam, the perfect tool for Wikimedia Commons photographers?
Because digiKam provides the tools and Commons the problems, the two should enjoy a happy marriage.
Ten features that would dramatically improve Wikimedia Commons
Where our hero makes an early Christmas wishlist and implores the developer fairies to give Wikimedia Commons some much-needed love.
Found on flickr, reused from Commons
Found on flickr, reused from Commons
Wikimedia Commons is a treasure trove of freely-reusable images and other multimedia files, particularly useful to students, teachers and small publishers. But the fact that it’s relatively unknown, coupled to an archaic and inadequate interface, makes it quite difficult to use it to its full potential.