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Wikimedia Commons is ae repositrie o free eemages, videos, soonds n ither multimedia files. Uplaidit files can be uised aes local files bi ither waurks oan the Wikimedia servers, incluidin Meta-Wiki, MediaWiki, Wikibuiks, Wikinews, Wikipædia, Wikiquote, Wikisoorce, Wikiversitie, Wikivoyage, n Wiktionair. The InstantCommons featur supports imports oan ither wikis n aw.

This page is aen index o aw o the Wikimedia Commons ' maintenance n {{Allpages|Heelp}} pages. The follaein airticles contain guidance n information aneatt readin, writin, n pairteeceepatin in the Commons communitie.

Haein trooble fyndin oot whit ye need tae ken? Gif it's na covered bi the Frequentlie Speired Speirins (FSS), gie speirin at the heelp desk ae shot.

General information

Heelp page collections

Ae muckler set o heelp pages can be foond in Wikipædia that ye micht want tae consult:

The MediaWiki heelp contents n the techneecal manual
The Meta-Wiki heelp contents n the portal
The Wikipædia heelp contents n the portal

Communitie pages

Baseec pages:

TheMain page, the Weelcome page, theCommunitie Portal, n theClachan Pump

Maintenance pages:

TheAdmeen annooncemant buird, the Admeenistraters votes n luikower, the Delytion requests, Chyngin uisername, n Renamin ae file

Gettin heelp:

Gif ye want to post ae Speirin aneatt copiericht issues that anither eediter will respond til, than ye can gae here.
Gif ye hae ae general speirin aneat eeditin, uplaidin, the scope o the Wikimedia waurk, or oniething else, than ye can post ae speirin at the Heelp Desk n anither uiser will replie.

MediaWiki

The function o MediaWiki itsel (the saffware o Wikimedia Commons) is descreebed in the MediaWiki Uiser's Guide in Meta-Wiki. Gif ye suspect ae saffware bug, speir fer feedback at the clachan pump, n than report it uisin the Bugzilla bug report system. This is the yinlie waa tae get MediaWiki deveelipers tae see yer bug reports.

The database o Wikimedia Commons can be doonlaidit. Thaurs nae dump o the media files available richt nou.

Legal information n contact

Contact us, the General disclaimer, the Preevacie policie, Licensin

Wikimedia Commons heelp contents

Heelp fer eediters

Information fer beginners:

The Saunpit (fer experimentin)

First steps: Accoont, Uplaid form, License selection, Qualitie n descreeption, Sortin, File transfer n tuils, n Reuise

Frequentlie Speired Speirins, the Waurk scope, the Categerie system, the Leid policie, n Namespaces

Copiericht information:

Licensin, Copiericht violations & delytion guidelines, n Email templates

General information:

The Eediter's index til Commons

Saffware that's heelpfu fer Wikimedia Commons:

Media pleyback heelp

Saffware n tutorials fer eeditin media files

- Video guide fer convertin, uplaidin, n uisin video files

- Audio, Convertin video, File types, n Manipulatin meta data

Some Tuils fer makin wairk in Commons easier

- Commoneest, Tuil integration, n Shortcuts

Content:

The Eemage casebuik, Free media resoorces, Proablemateec soorces, n Bad soorces

Templates:

Copiericht tags, Tag categeries, audio templates, Taxokist, Template messages, n leid templates

v t e Wikimedia Commons upload tools
Integrated tools	Upload Wizard bigChunkedUpload Cross-wiki upload Lingua Libre (audio)
Desktop applications	VicuñaUploader Pattypan ComeOn! Sunflower Commonist (broken^[1]) Command-line tools OpenRefine
Mobile applications	Commons Android app Spell4Wiki
Plugins	dtMediaWiki (for Darktable) KIPI (for digiKam) LrMediaWiki (for Adobe Lightroom)
Conversion	Video2commons
Site-specific	Flickr-to-commons Flickypedia IAUpload (books) iNaturalist2Commons

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Wikimedia Commons policies and guidelines

Policies

Project	General disclaimer Project scope Allowable file types Evidence Neutral point of view Precautionary principle Pages, galleries and categories Use of gender neutral language
Content	Licensing policy De minimis Fair use When to use the PD-Art tag Deletion policy Criteria for speedy deletion Revision deletion Language policy Category policy
Behaviour	Blocking policy Page protection De-adminship Paid contribution disclosure Translation administrators Signatures Username policy Civility No personal attacks Harassment

Guidelines

Content	What Commons is not Non-copyright restrictions Fan art Nudity Photographs of identifiable people Derivative works When to use the PD-scan tag Galleries Using ImageAnnotator File naming File renaming Overwriting existing files Grandfathered old files AI-generated media
Behaviour	Assume good faith Copyleft trolling Ownership of pages and files Talk page guidelines User-specific galleries, templates and categories Administrators Vandalism Rollback Patrol

Licensing help
(Village pump)

Choosing a license	Copyright rules Copyright rules by subject matter Copyright rules by territory Copyright tags PD files
Copyright principles	Threshold of originality Derivative works 2D copying Screenshots Freedom of panorama URAA-restored copyrights
Using files	Reusing content outside Wikimedia Credit line Reuse of PD-Art photographs
How to detect copyright violations	License laundering Problematic sources Flickr Bad sources License review

WMF policies

Community portal
Help contents

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