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Literally the only wiki-based media repository out there.

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[-] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 week ago

If you click on them, many images on Wikipedia will lead you to their parent page on Commons (click "view on Commons"). Ideally, that's where all non-copyrighted WP files are placed (unlike those that are under copyright, which limits in how many places they can be used).

Literally the only wiki-based media repository out there.

There's also monoskop.org (although unlike Wikimedia Commons it doesn't seem to care about copyright law too much).

[-] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also if you're looking for something near you to photograph and upload to Wikimedia Commons:

[-] neuracnu 17 points 1 week ago

Ages and ages ago, I was looking for free stencils of a fist for a screen printing project and found this one in the commons:

I swear I've seen it everywhere for the last 15 years.

[-] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 9 points 1 week ago

OLED friendly fist png

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

It's a logo commonly used for political movements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raised_fist

[-] JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago

The level of categorization they do is kinda crazy. Looking for some barefoot woman wearing jeans? (241 images) Or maybe interested in churches in Ecuador photographed in 2007? Of course they have that! (45 images)

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 week ago

Them butt feathers on point.

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