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title="Non-Commercial ("nc") icon"><img alt="Non-Commercial ("nc") icon" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Cc-nc_white.svg/12px-Cc-nc_white.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Cc-nc_white.svg/18px-Cc-nc_white.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Cc-nc_white.svg/24px-Cc-nc_white.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64"/></a></span> or <b>No-Derivatives</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cc-nd.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No-Derivatives ("nd") icon"><img alt="No-Derivatives ("nd") icon" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Cc-nd.svg/12px-Cc-nd.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Cc-nd.svg/18px-Cc-nd.svg.png 1.5x, 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Common reasons include that the content is <i>too simple</i> to be protected by copyright, that the copyright <i>expired</i> or that the copyright holder <i>explicitly released</i> it into the public domain. Merely making a work accessible to the public does not mean that it is released into the public domain. </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Process-stop.svg/15px-Process-stop.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Process-stop.svg/23px-Process-stop.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Process-stop.svg/30px-Process-stop.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></span></span> Copyrighted content <b>without any indication of a free license</b> is not accepted, even in the absence of a copyright notice. Content explicitly marked as non-free, including content with <b>All Rights Reserved</b> or <b><a href="/wiki/Commons:Fair_use" title="Commons:Fair use">fair use</a></b> notices is not accepted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Must_be_realistically_useful_for_an_educational_purpose" data-mw-thread-id="h-Must_be_realistically_useful_for_an_educational_purpose"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Must_be_realistically_useful_for_an_educational_purpose"></span>Must be realistically useful for an educational purpose<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Must_be_realistically_useful_for_an_educational_purpose"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons:Project_scope/Summary&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Must be realistically useful for an educational purpose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wikimedia Commons only hosts content that is useful for educational purposes. This means content that could be used by Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, or other projects that provide knowledge, instruction or information. Files don't have to be in use on any other project to be hosted here, but they must have a reasonable potential use. </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Process-stop.svg/15px-Process-stop.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Process-stop.svg/23px-Process-stop.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Process-stop.svg/30px-Process-stop.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></span></span> Examples of content that is not realistically useful for educational purposes in most cases: </p> <ul><li>Private image collections such as private party photos, photos of yourself and your friends and holiday snapshots. A small number of personal images used on Wikimedia project user pages are allowed per user.</li> <li>Self-created artwork without obvious educational uses</li> <li>Files created or uploaded for purposes of vandalism or attack</li> <li>Advertising or self-promotion</li> <li>Low-quality content that does not add value beyond our existing coverage of the same topic</li></ul> <p>For details, see the full <a href="/wiki/Commons:Project_scope" title="Commons:Project scope">project scope policy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Must_be_a_media_file" data-mw-thread-id="h-Must_be_a_media_file"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Must_be_a_media_file"></span>Must be a media file<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Must_be_a_media_file"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons:Project_scope/Summary&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Must be a media file"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Dialog-accept.svg/15px-Dialog-accept.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Dialog-accept.svg/23px-Dialog-accept.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Dialog-accept.svg/30px-Dialog-accept.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></span></span> Commons only hosts media files such as photographs, scanned images, diagrams, animations, audio (e.g. music or spoken word) and video clips. </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Process-stop.svg/15px-Process-stop.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Process-stop.svg/23px-Process-stop.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Process-stop.svg/30px-Process-stop.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></span></span> Commons does <i>not</i> host encyclopedic articles or other plain-text content, and it does not host computer programs in any format (including executable files and source code). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Must_be_an_allowable_free_file_format" data-mw-thread-id="h-Must_be_an_allowable_free_file_format"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Must_be_an_allowable_free_file_format"></span>Must be an allowable free file format<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Must_be_an_allowable_free_file_format"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons:Project_scope/Summary&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Must be an allowable free file format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr"> <p>Currently, the following formats are allowed: </p> <ul><li><b>Images</b>: <a href="/wiki/Commons:File_types#SVG" title="Commons:File types">SVG</a> (for vector graphics), <a href="/wiki/Commons:File_types#PNG" title="Commons:File types">PNG</a> (lossless format), <a href="/wiki/Commons:File_types#JPEG" title="Commons:File types">JPEG</a> (for photographs), <a href="/wiki/Commons:File_types#GIF" title="Commons:File types">GIF</a> ("semi"-lossless format, but PNG is preferred), <a href="/wiki/Commons:File_types#TIFF" title="Commons:File types">TIFF</a> (lossless format, but PNG is preferred), <a href="/wiki/Commons:File_types#WebP" title="Commons:File types">WebP</a> (lossy and lossless format, but JPG is preferred), <a href="/wiki/Commons:File_types#XCF" title="Commons:File types">XCF</a> (allows layers and text).</li> <li><b>Audio</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ogg" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ogg">Ogg</a>-container (using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:FLAC" class="extiw" title="w:en:FLAC">FLAC</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Speex" class="extiw" title="w:en:Speex">Speex</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Opus_(audio_format)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Opus (audio format)">Opus</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Vorbis" class="extiw" title="w:en:Vorbis">Vorbis</a> codecs with file extension <code>.oga</code>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:MIDI" class="extiw" title="w:en:MIDI">MIDI</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:WAV" class="extiw" title="w:en:WAV">WAV</a> (16-bit PCM format and 32-bit IEEE uncompressed format), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:FLAC" class="extiw" title="w:en:FLAC">FLAC</a> (<code>.flac</code>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:MP3" class="extiw" title="w:en:MP3">MP3</a> (<code>.mp3</code>) or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Opus_(audio_format)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Opus (audio format)">Opus</a> (<code>.opus</code>).</li> <li><b>Video</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:WebM" class="extiw" title="w:en:WebM">WebM</a> using the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:VP8" class="extiw" title="w:en:VP8">VP8</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:VP9" class="extiw" title="w:en:VP9">VP9</a> video codec with Vorbis for the sound, or Ogg using the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Theora" class="extiw" title="w:en:Theora">Theora</a> video codec. New software supports file extension <code>.ogv</code> for Theora video without or with Vorbis audio, <a href="//tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3534" class="extiw" title="rfc:3534">RFC 3534</a> <code>.ogg</code> is still usable instead of <a href="//tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5334" class="extiw" title="rfc:5334">RFC 5334</a> <code>.ogx</code> for Theora video with other Ogg audio codecs - <a href="/wiki/Help:Converting_video" title="Help:Converting video">Help:Converting video</a>.</li> <li><b>Animation</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:GIF" class="extiw" title="w:en:GIF">GIF</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:APNG" class="extiw" title="w:en:APNG">APNG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Animated_SVG_files" title="Category:Animated SVG files">Animated SVG</a>.</li> <li><b>Multipage documents (books, journals, magazines, etc.)</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:PDF" class="extiw" title="w:en:PDF">PDF</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:DjVu" class="extiw" title="w:en:DjVu">DjVu</a>.</li> <li><b>3D structures</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:STL_(file_format)" class="extiw" title="w:en:STL (file format)">STL</a> <small><a href="/wiki/Category:STL_files" title="Category:STL files">(files)</a></small>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Currently_disabled" data-mw-thread-id="h-Currently_disabled-Must_be_an_allowable_free_file_format"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Currently_disabled-Must_be_an_allowable_free_file_format"></span>Currently disabled<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Currently_disabled-Must_be_an_allowable_free_file_format"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commons:Project_scope/Allowable_file_types/en&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: Currently disabled"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While SXW, SWC, SXD, and SXI (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:OpenOffice.org" class="extiw" title="w:en:OpenOffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> 1.x), as well as ODT, ODS, ODG, and ODP (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:OpenDocument" class="extiw" title="w:en:OpenDocument">OpenDocument</a>) are theoretically permissible under the similar provisions to <i><a href="/wiki/Commons:Project_scope#PDF" title="Commons:Project scope">Commons:Scope: PDF and DjVu formats</a></i> these formats are currently disabled because we are currently unable to prevent people from hiding harmful or otherwise impermissible content inside OpenOffice's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:ZIP_(file_format)" class="extiw" title="w:en:ZIP (file format)">ZIP</a>-based container format. </p><p>For a longer list of unsupported file types, see <a href="/wiki/Commons:File_types#UNSUPP" title="Commons:File types">Commons:File types (Unsupported file types)</a>. </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 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