Zero local media files
Some Wikimedia projects have zero local media files.
Implications for projects
[edit]Zero local media files is a fact that is easily controlled and communicated. It implies:
- 100% free content, absence of non-free content
- adherence to the wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy
- any media files that are used are hosted at Wikimedia Commons, encouraging the upload there
- in case it is permanent
- no need for an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP)
- no need for MediaWiki:Licenses
- no need for "soft-disabled" upload, and avoidance of any copyvio by a local admin
- easier sharing of content between projects, e.g. copy tables, galleries, infoboxes - the included file names are still usable
- managing files via Wikidata-properties, as Wikidata properties only allows file references to Commons
Lists
[edit]- all projects
- https://tools.wmflabs.org/robin/?tool=uploadconfig (sort by column Files, by clicking on the heading of the column)
- Wikipedia (292 total, 280 active, 12 closed)
- List of Wikipedias having zero local media files - as of 2016-06-28: 130 total, 120 active, 10 closed
- http://wikistats.wmflabs.org/display.php?t=wp&s=images_asc
See also
[edit]- commons:Commons:Turning off local uploads (advice and more details from the wikis which are only using Commons)
- commons:Commons:Moving to Commons
- Local uploads policy, Local uploads policy/taking stock
- Local upload configuration
- Requests for comment/Disable local uploads on smaller wikis
- Example of suggesting to use only Commons: https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion_MediaWiki:Licenses
- User:Nemo bis/Unused local uploads