Joinoneofthelargestphotoandmultimediacommunitiesintheworld!CommonsisnotonlytheimagerepositoryforWikipedia,butanindependentprojectthatseekstodocumenttheworldwithphotos,videosandrecordings.
TheWikimediaCommonsappisanopen-sourceappcreatedandmaintainedbygranteesandvolunteersoftheWikimediacommunitytoallowtheWikimediacommunitytocontributecontenttoWikimediaCommons.WikimediaCommons,alongwiththeotherWikimediaprojects,ishostedbytheWikimediaFoundation.TheWikimediaFoundationispleasedtosupportcommunitydevelopersbyofferingtheapphere,buttheFoundationdidnotcreateanddoesnotmaintainthisapp.Formoreinformationabouttheapp,includingitsprivacypolicy,seetheinformationatthebottomofthispage.ForinformationabouttheWikimediaFoundation,visitusatwikimediafoundation.org.
Features:
-UploadphotostoCommonsdirectlyfromyoursmartphone
-Categorizeyourphotostomakethemeasierforotherpeopletofind
-Categoriesareautomaticallysuggestedbasedonphotolocationdataandtitle
-Viewnearbymissingimages-thishelpsWikipediatohaveimagesforallarticles,andyouwilldiscoverbeautifulplacesclosetoyou
-ViewallthecontributionsyouhavemadetoCommonsinonegallery
Usingtheappiseasy:
-Install
-LogintoyourWikimediaaccount(ifyoudon'thaveanaccount,createoneforfreeatthisstep)
-Select'FromGallery'(orthepictureicon)
-SelectthepicturethatyouwishtouploadtoCommons
-Enteratitleanddescriptionforthepicture
-Selectthelicensethatyouwishtoreleaseyourpictureunder
-Enterasmanyrelevantcategoriesaspossible
-PressSave
Thefollowingguidelineswillhelpyoutounderstandwhatphotosthecommunityislookingfor:
✓Photosthatdocumenttheworldaroundyou-famouspeople,politicalevents,festivals,monuments,landscapes,naturalobjectsandanimals,food,architecture,etc
✓PhotosofnotableobjectsthatyoufindintheNearbyListintheapp
✖Copyrightedpictures
✖Photosofyouoryourfriends.Butifyouaredocumentinganeventitdoesn'tmatteriftheyareinthepicture
✖Photosofpoorquality.Makesurethethingsyouaretryingtodocumentarevisibleonthepicture
-Website:https://commons-app.github.io/
-Bugreports: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
-Sourcecode:https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons
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