Wikimedia Commons
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About Wikimedia Commons
Join one of the largest photo and multimedia communities in the world! Commons is not only the image repository for Wikipedia, but an independent project that seeks to document the world with photos, videos and recordings.
The Wikimedia Commons app is an open-source app created and maintained by grantees and volunteers of the Wikimedia community to allow the Wikimedia community to contribute content to Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons, along with the other Wikimedia projects, is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to support community developers by offering the app here, but the Foundation did not create and does not maintain this app. For more information about the app, including its privacy policy, see the information at the bottom of this page. For information about the Wikimedia Foundation, visit us at wikimediafoundation.org.
Features:
- Upload photos to Commons directly from your smartphone
- Categorize your photos to make them easier for other people to find
- Categories are automatically suggested based on photo location data and title
- View nearby missing images - this helps Wikipedia to have images for all articles, and you will discover beautiful places close to you
- View all the contributions you have made to Commons in one gallery
Using the app is easy:
- Install
- Log in to your Wikimedia account (if you don't have an account, create one for free at this step)
- Select 'From Gallery' (or the picture icon)
- Select the picture that you wish to upload to Commons
- Enter a title and description for the picture
- Select the license that you wish to release your picture under
- Enter as many relevant categories as possible
- Press Save
The following guidelines will help you to understand what photos the community is looking for:
✓ Photos that document the world around you - famous people, political events, festivals, monuments, landscapes, natural objects and animals, food, architecture, etc
✓ Photos of notable objects that you find in the Nearby List in the app
✖ Copyrighted pictures
✖ Photos of you or your friends. But if you are documenting an event it doesn't matter if they are in the picture
✖ Photos of poor quality. Make sure the things you are trying to document are visible on the picture
- Website: https://commons-app.github.io/
- Bug reports: https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/issues
- Discussion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Mobile_app & https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/commons-app-android
- Source code: https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons
The Wikimedia Commons app is an open-source app created and maintained by grantees and volunteers of the Wikimedia community to allow the Wikimedia community to contribute content to Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons, along with the other Wikimedia projects, is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to support community developers by offering the app here, but the Foundation did not create and does not maintain this app. For more information about the app, including its privacy policy, see the information at the bottom of this page. For information about the Wikimedia Foundation, visit us at wikimediafoundation.org.
Features:
- Upload photos to Commons directly from your smartphone
- Categorize your photos to make them easier for other people to find
- Categories are automatically suggested based on photo location data and title
- View nearby missing images - this helps Wikipedia to have images for all articles, and you will discover beautiful places close to you
- View all the contributions you have made to Commons in one gallery
Using the app is easy:
- Install
- Log in to your Wikimedia account (if you don't have an account, create one for free at this step)
- Select 'From Gallery' (or the picture icon)
- Select the picture that you wish to upload to Commons
- Enter a title and description for the picture
- Select the license that you wish to release your picture under
- Enter as many relevant categories as possible
- Press Save
The following guidelines will help you to understand what photos the community is looking for:
✓ Photos that document the world around you - famous people, political events, festivals, monuments, landscapes, natural objects and animals, food, architecture, etc
✓ Photos of notable objects that you find in the Nearby List in the app
✖ Copyrighted pictures
✖ Photos of you or your friends. But if you are documenting an event it doesn't matter if they are in the picture
✖ Photos of poor quality. Make sure the things you are trying to document are visible on the picture
- Website: https://commons-app.github.io/
- Bug reports: https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/issues
- Discussion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Mobile_app & https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/commons-app-android
- Source code: https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons
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Android app
App History & Updates
What's Changed
Added option to launch tutorial again from navigation drawer
Added marker for current location in Nearby map
Added check for location permissions when launching Nearby
Fixed camera crash for Android Nougat
App should now display accurate upload count
Added option to launch tutorial again from navigation drawer
Added marker for current location in Nearby map
Added check for location permissions when launching Nearby
Fixed camera crash for Android Nougat
App should now display accurate upload count
Version update Wikimedia Commons was updated to version 2.4.2
More downloads Wikimedia Commons reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads Wikimedia Commons reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
Name changed Name changed! Upload to Commons now is known as Wikimedia Commons.
What are users saying about Wikimedia Commons
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Best app for freely use
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Love you
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The app is easy to upload photography on commons.
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Doesn't do anything. Doesn't allow any editing, cropping of images, moves, navigation, etc. It's just a basic image viewer.
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Good
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great app
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It's cool how it lets you contribute to Wikipedia via creative Commons licensed photos that you take this has been the easiest way for me to add to Wikipedia
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Need more improve..
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I need to use another name instead of my username.
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Images upload fine, but I can't (find a way to) affect the copyright permissions or the location of an image - it seems hardwired to locate it where I am when I upload it & to the generic copyright. So I end up uploading with the app, and then editing the image on a browser to sort out the details. Shame.
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It works but the interface needs some polish
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Specially the search feature should be available and easy to use.
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I am a regular user of commons but I faced several problem. it doesn't allow to upload multiple photos, can't read the file name, always ask for it. and after uploading when I browse the photos from desktop I saw an message that it doesn't belong any description but I already add the description.
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I can't login to my account for no apparent reason. Also, why is the introduction saying Wikimedia Commons hosts majority of the images on Wikipedia? There are other Wikimedia projects as well. Thanks for missing it again!
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It stops working whenever I try to upload a picture. Therefore, the app is useless as it is.
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Good knowledge sharing.
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It's Awesome !
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So fine... good apps...
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Good app for Wikimedians
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It's fantastic
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It's cool
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Great app
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Good app
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Love it
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Undoubtedly, Wikimedia Commons Android is a great app. It would have been better if there was a resume option when the data connection fails or stops as a result of poor network. Once the internet connection is lost, It has to be uploaded again. It is time consuming and also data. Please fix it. Thank you.
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I frequently work on Wikimedia Foundation projects including wikicommons for uploading imagea for the articles. Coomons wiki network failure during login
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Should be more sharper
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The app is now more stable and faster. Upload works well and choosing categories is easy. Searching for nearby missing images is a lot of fun.
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The software only allows cc-0, cc-by-3.0 and cc-by-sa-3.0 yet there's no option to choose cc 4.0. It needs to be updated to include this option
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I am a regular user of commons but I faced several problem. it doesn't allow to upload multiple photos, can't read the file name, always ask for it. and after uploading when I browse the photos from desktop I saw an message that it doesn't belong any description but I already add the description.
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The app has issues with filenames. It does not ask for a file name. It does not use the file name stored on device. Instead use the title of input form for file name. I discovered the bug when I uploaded several images of Milan. The files uploaded without any errors. When I visited commons with a browser I recognised (I) the app has replaced Milan.png several times. The app should show the file name and alert, suggest rename when overwriting an existing file.
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The handy app for photographers who wants to contribute to wikimedia ptojects. I use this when I visit nearby for uploading photo to commons instantly.
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Couldn't create an account due to your IP address is in a range which has been blocked on all wikis. Pleased to say I was able to create my account today. Will check out the app and adjust star rating accordingly.
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Cannot login even if i have created an account with Wikipedia. I think the app must be awesome. Please fix this issue asap.
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Helps me much
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No search feature. All it does is manage what you uploaded and allow you to upload more.