About Wikimedia Commons
Join one of the largest photo and multimedia communities in the world! Commons is not only the image repository for Wikipedia, but an independent project that seeks to document the world with photos, videos and...
Join one of the largest photo and multimedia communities in the world! Commons is not only the image repository for Wikipedia, but an independent project that seeks to document the world with photos, videos and recordings.
The Wikimedia Commons app is an open-source app created and maintained by grantees and volunteers of the Wikimedia community to allow the Wikimedia community to contribute content to Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons, along with the other Wikimedia projects, is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to support community developers by offering the app here, but the Foundation did not create and does not maintain this app. For more information about the app, including its privacy policy, see the information at the bottom of this page. For information about the Wikimedia Foundation, visit us at wikimediafoundation.org.
Features:
- Upload photos to Commons directly from your smartphone
- Categorize your photos to make them easier for other people to find
- Categories are automatically suggested based on photo location data and title
- View nearby missing images - this helps Wikipedia to have images for all articles, and you will discover beautiful places close to you
- View all the contributions you have made to Commons in one gallery
Using the app is easy:
- Install
- Log in to your Wikimedia account (if you don't have an account, create one for free at this step)
- Select 'From Gallery' (or the picture icon)
- Select the picture that you wish to upload to Commons
- Enter a title and description for the picture
- Select the license that you wish to release your picture under
- Enter as many relevant categories as possible
- Press Save
The following guidelines will help you to understand what photos the community is looking for:
✓ Photos that document the world around you - famous people, political events, festivals, monuments, landscapes, natural objects and animals, food, architecture, etc
✓ Photos of notable objects that you find in the Nearby List in the app
✖ Copyrighted pictures
✖ Photos of you or your friends. But if you are documenting an event it doesn't matter if they are in the picture
✖ Photos of poor quality. Make sure the things you are trying to document are visible on the picture
- Website: https://commons-app.github.io/
- Bug reports: 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
- Source code: https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Wikimedia Commons since it was posted on our website on 2019-10-25 11:32:55.
The latest version is 4.2.1 and it was updated on 2024-04-22 20:09:32. See below the changes in each version.
Wikimedia Commons version 4.2.1
Updated At: 2023-10-29
Changes: ★ Dark mode colour improvements
★ Provide ability to losslessly rotate image while uploading
★ Enhancements done to address location metadata loss and uploads getting stuck issues
★ Fix inability to upload via the in-app camera
★ Provide the ability to optionally include location metadata for in-app camera uploads
★ Other miscellaneous enhacements
★ Fix recurring crash issues and few bugs
★ Change Mapbox account key used by the app
★ Android 13 compatibility changes
Wikimedia Commons version 4.1.0
Updated At: 2023-05-25
Changes: ★ Location of pictures uploaded via custom picture selector are now recognized.
★ Improvements to the custom picture selector.
★ Ensure the WLM pictures are associated with the correct templates for each year.
★ Only show pictures uploaded via app and improve variety in peer review.
★ Allow going to current location in location edit dialog while uploading a picture.
★ Switch to using MapLibre instead of Mapbox and thereby disable telemetry sent to Mapbox.
★ Fixed various bugs.
Wikimedia Commons version 4.0.5
Updated At: 2022-08-23
Changes: Added map showing nearby Commons pictures
Added custom SPARQL queries
Added user profiles
Added custom picture selector
Fixed date bug
Other crash and bug fixes
Wikimedia Commons version 3.1.1
Updated At: 2021-09-20
Changes: Added Wiki Loves Monuments integration
Wikimedia Commons version 3.0.3
Updated At: 2021-07-16
Changes: Fixed crash when viewing images
Wikimedia Commons version 2.13.2
Updated At: 2020-10-06
Changes: - Fixed issue with invisible pins on Nearby map being targetable
- Fixed logout bug
- Fixed various crashes
Wikimedia Commons version 2.12.3
Updated At: 2020-02-01
Changes: Added filters for place type and place state to Nearby Places
Fixed failed uploads
Fixed issues with 2FA logins
Fixed issues with upload date and deletion notifications
Various crash fixes
Wikimedia Commons version 2.11.0
Updated At: 2019-08-12
Changes: - Code overhaul and modernization for upload process, explore/media details, and peer review
- Users can remove EXIF tags from their uploads if desired
- Multiple crash and bug fixes
Disclaimer
Official Google Play Link
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