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Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Elphie!

First steps tutorial

Our first steps tour and our frequently asked questions will help you a lot after registration. They explain how to customize the interface (for example the language), how to upload files and our basic licensing policy (Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content).

You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold when contributing and assume good faith when interacting with others. This is a wiki.

Getting help

More information is available at the community portal. You may ask questions at the help desk, village pump or on IRC channel #wikimedia-commons (webchat). You can also contact an administrator on their talk page. If you have a specific copyright question, ask at the copyright village pump.

Goodies, tips, and tricks

Put Babel boxes on your user page so others know what languages you can speak and indicate your graphic abilities.
You can find the files you have uploaded in your Uploads.
Please sign your name on Talk pages by typing ~~~~.
To link to an image page without embedding the image, type: [[:File:Foo.jpg]], which produces: File:Foo.jpg.
You may enable gadgets (custom features) for your account.
There are several tools to upload files.
Have you edited Wikipedia before? This guide might be useful.

Made a mistake?

Do you want to have a file renamed or moved? Use the move link and wait for an authorized user to rename it.
Do you want to have your recently uploaded picture removed? Tag it as {{speedy|reason here}}. For more information read the deletion guidelines.

-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 11:18, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Congratulations, dear license reviewer

If you use the helper gadget, you will find the links next to the search box (vector) or as single tabs (monobook). They are named `license+` and `license-`.

Hi Elphie, thanks for your request for license reviewer status. The request has been closed as successful, and you've been added to the list of reviewers. You can now start reviewing files – please see Commons:License review and Commons:Flickr files if you haven't done so already. We also have a guide how to detect copyright violations. Potential backlogs include Flickr review and files from other sources. You can enable the LicenseReview gadget from Preferences.

Important: You should not review your own uploads, nor those of anyone closely related to you!

Please feel free to join us on IRC: #wikimedia-commons ^webchat on irc.libera.chat. You can also add {{User license reviewer}} to your user page if you wish. Thank you for your contributions on Commons! _signed,Aafi ^(talk) 07:16, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Much appreciated Aafi, thanks! Elphie (they/them) (talk) 11:00, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

A new noticeboard for permission requests from external sources

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Dear License reviewer,

This is to inform you that a new page, Commons:Permission requests, has been created to centralize and manage requests for permission to external sources. The page is intended to help streamline the review process by providing a dedicated space where users can submit and track their permission requests.

You may wish to visit the page to familiarize yourself with its purpose and format, and to monitor any new submissions that may require your attention. By default, license reviewers may process requests on the page. Any questions may be directed at Commons talk:Permission requests.

Thank you for your continued work in ensuring proper license compliance across Commons.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:38, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

YouTube license review request

Hi Elphie, May I ask you for a license review of the YouTube video contents below uploaded to Wikimedia Commons?

Gasiseda (talk) 14:29, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Gasiseda, thank you for your request. I am currently not able to go through these files. They will eventually be checked by someone :) all the best, Elphie (they/them) (talk) 09:50, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you Elphie, Is there a procedure or way to quickly review external images or videos that require license reviews? The uploaded works are classified as files that need to be reviewed with YouTubeReview templates added, but it seems that reviewers do not review them in a short period of time. I've seen some license reviewers do a review when they get a request from the uploader, was I mistaken? Gasiseda (talk) 10:28, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Gasiseda no worries. There might be reviewers who review upon request, it is just that I don't have that much time at the moment. Your files are not at danger of being deleted until a review has been done. I will try to look at a few of them and see how far I come. Thank you for your patience. Elphie (they/them) (talk) 09:10, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Oh I see a deletion request was already started, I will hold off until that will be resolved. Elphie (they/them) (talk) 09:15, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Information on temporary account IP viewer rights

Hello Elphie,

On November 12, temporary accounts will be enabled on Commons. The IP of unregistered users will then be hidden for most users. You, as a patroller or license reviewer, are eligible to request the new temporary account IP viewer right, if you need it to continue fighting vandalism and abuse on Commons. If you want to request the right, please file the request here. Please be aware that you also have to accept the Wikimedia Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy in your preferences. For more information about temporary accounts, look at the project page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:34, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

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Congratulations, dear license reviewer

A new noticeboard for permission requests from external sources

YouTube license review request

Information on temporary account IP viewer rights