@WikiCommons

Part of the @Wikimedia group of projects. It is one of the world's largest collections of freely usable media. Overseen by @steinsplitter & @nahidunlimited.

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Wiki Loves Earth@WikiLovesEarth2 May 2021
Join Wiki Loves Earth — the biggest international contest devoted to nature heritage sites! 🌏 Find out how to take part and organize your contest 📸wikilovesearth.org/wiki-love… Event details: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C… #wle #wikilovesearth #Wikipedia #photography #PhotographyIsArt
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The M.O. Hammond fonds documents The Group of Seven and other members of the artistic establishment in early 20th century Ontario. Explore 1000+ photos from this collection on @WikiCommons: ow.ly/BP4C50Cybol. #GLAMWiki
Group of Seven at a luncheon, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, 1920 (I0007864)

ALT Group of Seven at a luncheon, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, 1920 (I0007864)

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This #MusicMonday, check out this photo of a young violinist, circa 1900. It's one of more than 1,750 images we've added to the @WikiCommons to make our records more accessible and encourage knowledge creation! Explore them all: ow.ly/BPQ230rlRsS.
Young boy playing the violin, Glengarry County, between 1895 and 1910 (I0002501)

ALT Young boy playing the violin, Glengarry County, between 1895 and 1910 (I0002501)

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Jos Damen@ASCLibrary18 Dec 2020
Africa in #Wikipedia: ongoing efforts. @ASCLeiden donated 4,000 Africa photos to @Wikicommons @wmnl @wikiafrica (Photo: Grande Mosque Agadez, Angeline van Achterberg Collection) ascleiden.nl/news/ascl-libra…
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Wikimedia Foundation@Wikimedia16 Dec 2020
For this year's @WikiLovesEarth competition, photographers submitted over 106,000 photos of natural beauty from all over the world. Have a look at the fifteen winning shots to wrap up the year! medium.com/freely-sharing-th…
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Wikimedia Foundation@Wikimedia30 Jun 2020
Starting TOMORROW — Want to see your photo featured on a @Wikipedia page? #WPWP is bridging the gap between millions of quality photos on @WikiCommons and the Wikipedia pages that need them. It only takes a minute to help! More info: meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wi…
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Wikimedia México@Wikimedia_mx27 Jun 2020
📷🔉Sábado de subir tus archivos multimedia a @WikiCommons
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WikiDonne@WikiDonne24 Jun 2020
Our #COVID19 subproject started uploading in @WikiCommons Alberto Giuliani's 16 portraits at San Salvatore hospital in Pesaro. On magazine covers all over the world, were declared all #FeaturedPhotos, ready to be used in wiki commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C… @1854 @TheAtlantic @sternde
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Mike Peel@mike_peel19 Jun 2020
We just reached 3,000,000 uses of the @Wikidata Infobox in @WikiCommons categories!
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Wikipedia
@Wikipedia27 May 2020
This is the @Wikicommons Photo of the Year. Learn more: medium.com/freely-sharing-th… Photo by Rodney Ee/”eastcoastrod”, CC BY 2.0.
wo bulls scrabble for footing, sending mud flying everywhere, as they race down a rice field. Behind them, a solitary man is holding onto their tails for dear life.

ALT wo bulls scrabble for footing, sending mud flying everywhere, as they race down a rice field. Behind them, a solitary man is holding onto their tails for dear life.

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Wikipedia
@Wikipedia22 May 2020
Yes, the photographer made sure to purchase insurance just in case they couldn't get out of the way of these stampeding bulls. This is our newest Picture of the Year. medium.com/freely-sharing-th…
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Wikimedia Foundation@Wikimedia21 May 2020
"I figured that in order to get a close up shot of the action, I needed a really long zoom...and just for my protection, I probably needed travel insurance too!" —Hear the story behind the newest Wikimedia Picture of the Year 📷 medium.com/freely-sharing-th…

‘The raw power and the energy’: Wikimedia’s newest Picture of the Year

Photo is crowned after a multi-round vote by thousands of volunteer contributors.

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Wiki Loves Earth@WikiLovesEarth1 May 2020
Wiki Loves Earth 2020 has started! 📸 The 8th edition is open in May — July for your photos of nature heritage sites. Check out participating countries — w.wiki/KYH Find out more about WLE at the Wikipedia Weekly episode today at 3 pm UTC 👉xitter.cf/wikipediaweekly
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Commons is a library of photos, videos and audios uploaded by different people which can be freely used by Wikimedia communities or anyone #wiki4Refugees #Asknet
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Bientôt 3000 fichiers de versés sur @WikiCommons cette année, la quasi totalité grâce au soutien de @Wikimedia_Fr et de son pack #Atget
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Governments using CC licenses to share knowledge makes us happy. 🙃 The Indian state of Odisha just relicensed 21 dictionaries — in all the 21 indigenous languages that are spoken in the province — under CC-BY 4.0. 🙌 They can all be downloaded here: ova.gov.in/de/anubada/?categ…
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Wikimedia UK@wikimediauk23 Sep 2019
You spin me right round, Big Ben, right round, like a 3D model. Did you know that you can upload 3D models to @WikiCommons?
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It's that time of the year again! #WikiLovesMonuments 2019 officially started on September 1st. Join the world's largest photo competition, contribute to Wikipedia and compete for that €1500 grand prize! wikilovesmonuments.org/parti…
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Wikimedia Foundation@Wikimedia7 Sep 2019
Today, Wikipedia was hit with a malicious attack that has taken it offline in several countries for intermittent periods. The attack is ongoing; our Site Reliability Engineering team is working hard to stop it and restore access to the site. wikimediafoundation.org/news… #Wikipediadown

Malicious attack on Wikipedia—What we know, and what we’re doing – Wikimedia Foundation

Today, Wikipedia was hit with a malicious attack that has taken it offline in several countries for intermittent periods. The attack is ongoing and our Site Reliability Engineering team is working...

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Wikimania@Wikimania14 Aug 2019
Good morning and get ready for #Wikimania pre-conference days! 🤩 Here's a map to help you navigate ow.ly/cTl450vw5uo #Wikimedia #Wikipedia
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