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Revision as of 11:10, 18 October 2016

Introduction

Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is an online repository of free-use images, sound, and other media files.[2] It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Educational application and relevance

Wikimedia Commons is an online repository of Free use images, sound, and other media files.It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Version

Configuration

Overview of Features

Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all Wikimedia projects in all languages, including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikivoyage, Wikispecies, Wikisource, and Wikinews, or downloaded for offsite use. The repository contains over 34 million media files.[4] In July 2013, the number of edits on Commons reached 100,000,000.

Other similar applications

Development and community help

Wikimedia Foundation

Working with the application

Functionalities

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Step 1:To open Wikicommons Go to Application >Internet>Browser Step 2: Type the wikicommons Address in the address bar of the web browser and open
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Step 3: Create an ID in the Wkicommons and Log in to Upload Step 4:Main page which Display on the browser when you loging to the Wikicommons page
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Step 5: Upload the file to Wikicommons page style="width: 50%;"Step 6: Select the file which you need to upload ti the Wkicommons page
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Step 7: After Selecting the file the page shows that you can upload the file to the Wikicommons Step 8: Fill the Details of the Image Screenshot Author And Version of the Application in the page
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Step 9: Fill the Details of the Image Screenshot Name ,Date,Screenshot of which Application and click on next Step 10 : Wikicommons page gives the image link which you have uploaded and you can link this to other page to see the image which u have been uploaded

File formats for creation

Saving the file

Export and publishing files

Advanced features

Installation

The application on mobiles and tablets

Ideas for resource creation

References