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On January 16, 2008, Flickr launched a program called "The Commons on Flickr." [79] Several international cultural institutions share images using a "no known copyright restrictions" through the program. According to Flickr, the goal of the program is to "firstly show you hidden treasures in the world's public photography archives, and secondly ...
There are various tools available for quickly uploading pictures from Flickr at Commons:Flickr_files#Uploading_images. The easiest way is to simply use UploadWizard. The Wikimedia Commons is a collection of freely licensed images shared by all Wikimedia projects. When you upload an image to Commons, it will automatically be available here under ...
Choose "Attribution Share Alike Creative Commons" as your copyright designation, or else it won't be able to be uploaded to Wikipedia. Begin on Wikipedia's upload page. Select a low resolution image to upload from your computer, making sure it is the same one uploaded to Flickr.
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This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as: The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
They will then copy your images to Wikimedia Commons. Using a 'by-sa' licence on Flickr. Keep in mind that pictures with "NoDerivs" and "Non-Commercial" licenses can not be used on Wikipedia, and Commons does not accept Flickr's "Public Domain Work". "Public Domain Dedication (CC0)" is okay, however. Flickr
So is it possible to upload Flickr content to Wikipedia, rather than to Commons? Qqqqqq 22:07, 14 December 2008 (UTC) Any thoughts on this? Qqqqqq 19:50, 30 December 2008 (UTC) Yes, all fair use files must be uploaded to Wikipedia and not to the Commons. Use or a more specific upload form.
George Oates (birth name Georgina Oates, born 1973) is an Australian-born designer and entrepreneur, best known for being the first designer of the photo-sharing website Flickr and for creating the Flickr Commons program.