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The open letter welcomes your signatures.

Short summary: This is an open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation. We ask the Wikimedia Foundation to invest in Wikimedia Commons and think big: we do not need just a few more tools or features, but a modern platform for the long term.

Think big![edit]

An open letter about Wikimedia Commons

Dear Wikimedia Foundation,

We, the undersigned, are involved with Wikimedia Commons, the central media platform of the Wikimedia movement. Commons is where the movement comes together: we take pictures, we upload files, we embed images in Wikipedia articles, we deal with legal questions, we teach others how to use Commons, we work with cultural institutions (GLAM), or we support Commons in other ways.

Commons is one of the largest online media collections in the world. It offers freely licensed files to everyone: via Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis, and also many other websites and individuals in the world. This makes Commons vital for millions of people on the planet.

But we are concerned about the present situation and the future of Wikimedia Commons. Our platform is fighting to remain relevant in a world that is dominated by visual platforms (such as YouTube, Instagram, flickr etc.) that are constantly evolving. Commons, in contrast, fails modern standards of usability and struggles with numerous foundational issues. It is difficult for new contributors to join while being frustrating for existing contributors to upload, curate, search and reuse content.[1]

We understand that the Wikimedia Foundation has acknowledged that “there has been no formal accountability for the core multimedia infrastructure of Commons that is in desperate need of repair" in the latest annual plan.[2] We are also encouraged by the Strategy 2030 recommendation to improve the experience of users on our platforms.[3] While that is encouraging, we want to identify immediate needs and think big about the future of Commons.

Among our concerns are:

  • Commons can be an uncomfortable environment to new users who have a lot to learn in order to contribute in a significant way.[4][5] Compared to other websites for photographers, it is not a very attractive site.
  • Commons requires a good knowledge of English, even though it strives to be a multilingual platform.[6]
  • Commons is difficult to use for mobile users.[7][8]
  • Commons has problems with scale, as it struggles to handle bulk uploads or large sets of files.[9]
  • Commons lacks modern methods for community interaction, such as notifications or leaving feedback for users.[10]
  • Commons lacks development in its core feature set. Tools written by volunteers have helped new innovations and functionality, but keeping these tools maintained is hard.
  • Commons is limited in its support for file formats.[11][12][13]
  • Commons lacks video content support beyond basic playback, such as collaborative editing and creation.

On the one hand, we strongly welcome quick solutions for the most urgent problems such as the upload of content. On the other hand, we believe that the improvement of Commons is not just a software problem: we should have a broad discussion to find out what kind of sustainable platform we need in the future, for a better overall user experience, for a better coordination on the platform and for the needs of everyone who works for free knowledge.

We also need a profound investigation about the long term: maybe the MediaWiki software as it is used for Wikimedia Commons is not the best way for working with media files.

With this open letter, we want to emphasize how important Commons is for the communities. Together with the communities, the Wikimedia Foundation can and must make a difference. We are eager to engage with a dedicated team on a road map and solutions.

Signature section[edit]

  • Who should sign: Anyone who agrees with this letter, as an individual or on behalf of an affiliate group.
  • Format: (Affiliate name if signing on behalf of an affiliate), name or username, affiliation / occupation / home wiki
  • Examples:
Wikimedia Antarctica - Peng Wynn (User:Penguin), chair of Wikimedia Antarctica
User:Ishootraw, Commons contributor
I.M. Wikidatan (User:data), founder of Usergroup SPARQL, Wikidata editor
Fatima Smith, curator at the Museum of Interesting Things, Thingstown

Sir Amugi (talk)

Add your signature

Signatures[edit]

  1. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:21, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  2. --Andreas JN466 23:26, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  3. --ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) (talk) (Wikimedian for 18 years; now on hibernation)
  4. -- Commons Photographers User Group - Ailura (talk) (per board decision) 05:07, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  5. --Z thomas 05:31, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Kushared (talk) 07:14, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  7. --SCP-2000 07:59, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Dr. Ziko van Dijk (talk) 08:07, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian, historian, cultural ambassador for WMDE)[reply]
  9. · · · Peter (Southwood) (talk): 08:21, 11 October 2022 (UTC) Wikipedian and Wikivoyager since 2009. User of Commons to store and find images for my wikiwork[reply]
  10. Polimerek (talk) 08:47, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Long term Commons uploader 1000+ uploads, formerly engaged in several GLAM upload projects and active VRT volunteer)[reply]
  11. Geert Van Pamel (talk) 09:28, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Chair of Wikimedia Belgium, Wikimedian since 2005)[reply]
  12. Grijz (talk) 10:00, 11 October 2022 (UTC), Wikipedian and member of WMNL and WMBE[reply]
  13. --Wnme 10:18, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (de Wikipedian, admin and VRT member)[reply]
  14. Kruusamägi (talk) 10:19, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2006)[reply]
  15. --Aalfons (talk) 10:46, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian, former WLE international jury member)[reply]
  16. I would love to have Wikimedia Commons being usable by average people (and in way not resulting in uploads of large amount of problematic files) Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 10:57, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  17. --Liridon (talk) 11:26, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Software Developer | +12 years Wikimedia volunteer | Crat & Admin of sqwiki | +800 Commons uploads | +11mm Wikidata edits)[reply]
  18. --Frank C. Müller (talk) 11:37, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Commons, Wikipedia de, Wiktionary de and others)[reply]
  19. Tsui (talk) 12:05, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian and Commons contributor with 18000+ uploads since 2004)[reply]
  20. -- Ra Boe watt?? 12:08, 11 October 2022 (UTC) Wikipedia Commons und Commonist Benutzer[reply]
  21. --Beko (talk) 12:36, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian, Wikipedian, Data and Commons contributor)[reply]
  22. ─ The Aafī (talk) 12:45, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Wouter (talk) 13:20, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  24. —מקף⁻‽ (Hyphen) 13:46, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  25. --Klaaschwotzer (talk) 13:50, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian, Wikimedia Commons user and former user of Commonist)[reply]
  26. פיטר פן (talk) 14:03, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Bluerasberry (talk) 14:40, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Groempdebeer (talk) 14:50, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Rudolphous (talk) 16:17, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  30. --Einsamer Schütze (talk) 16:31, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian and Commons contributor since 2006, ~20.000 Uploads[reply]
  31. --GPSLeo (talk) 16:43, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Commons photographer, admin and local WLE organizer)[reply]
  32. --Pdiazr (talk) 17:20, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedia user and open knowledge enthusiast)[reply]
  33. ShahajadaSJ7 (talk) 17:34, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian, Wikipedian, Data and Commons contributor)[reply]
  34. --JPF (talk) 17:54, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (For 17 years Wikimedian in German Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, supporting Tetun Wikipedia and disappointed about Commons)[reply]
  35. Mitar (talk) 18:54, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  36. דג קטן (talk) 19:02, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedia he, Commons, Wikidata)[reply]
  37. --Mailtosap (talk) 19:05, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian and Commons contributor since 2007)[reply]
  38. Ajpolino (talk) 21:51, 11 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian, relies on Commons almost every day)[reply]
  39. -- Simulo (talk) 21:54, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  40. מבקש להוסיף גם תמונות בשימוש הוגן ושימוש בסרטוני יוטיוב, פייסבוק טיקטוק ועוד. לא הבנתם?! מעולה - ככה מרגישים דוברי שפות אחרות שצריכים לכתוב דווקא באנגלית. Yyy774 (talk) 22:31, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  41. -- User:Fredericknoronha Fredericknoronha (talk) 05:12, 12 October 2022 (UTC) Contributor since 2006. Editor of the Week in March 2020. Initiated Konkani Wikipedia in incubation [gom.wikipedia.org] Over 2000 photos on Wikimedia Commons, and 5000+ edits. Finding it frustrating with the number of rejects from Third World entries especially in bigger Wikipedias, like English![reply]
  42. → bertux 08:37, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  43. DimiTalen 09:42, 12 October 2022 (UTC)(Wikipedian NL, Commons contributor)[reply]
  44. To be honest. A wiki is not the suitable software for a media repository. It should be replaced by a new software instead of cobbling new "features" to the mediawiki software. -- DerFussi 11:19, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikivoyage contributor/breaucrat and former chairman, Wikidata, Commons not any longer due to these reasons)[reply]
  45. --Sebastian Wallroth (talk) 11:43, 12 October 2022 (UTC), contributor to de.wikipedia, wikimedia commons, wikidata[reply]
  46. SHB2000 (talk) 11:44, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikivoyage admin, long-term Commons contributor)[reply]
  47. Adri08 (talk) 12:04, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (contributor to fr.wikipedia, wikimedia commons, wikidata)[reply]
  48. Gabon100 (talk) 12:40, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (fr.wikipedia, wikimedia commons, wikidata)[reply]
  49. Jklamo (talk) 13:17, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2004, board member of WMCZ)[reply]
  50. Ayack (talk) 14:08, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (wikidata, fr.wikipedia, wikimedia commons, wikisource)[reply]
  51. Hiperterminal (talk) 14:51, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (as individual, part of Wikimedia Colombia, working on GLAM and gender)[reply]
  52. Peter Gröbner (talk) 15:03, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (sysop in wikt de, few contributions at commons cause I would have a lot to learn in order to contribute in a significant way regarding my poor knowledge of English)[reply]
  53. Althair Talk 15:09, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (eswikipedia, commons, wikidata, eswikiversity, eswikivoyage)[reply]
  54. --GrandEscogriffe (talk) 15:31, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (contributor to fr.wikipedia, wikidata and commons. Particular support for the points on multilingualism and mobile use.)[reply]
  55. ----Benoît (d) 15:54, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  56. atdt (talk) 16:10, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (former staff and current technical volunteer)[reply]
  57. MZMcBride (talk) 16:15, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  58. --BotBln - Botanist in Berlin (talk) 16:28, 12 October 2022 (UTC) WikiLovesEarth Deutschland Jury[reply]
  59. --Dirtsc (talk) 16:31, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (contributor to wikipedia (mainly de.wikipedia), wikimedia commons, wikidata)[reply]
  60. -Tylwyth Eldar (talk) 16:43, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (wikidata, fr.wikipedia, wikimedia commons, wikisource)[reply]
  61. Pamputt (talk) 16:48, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  62. RolandUnger (talk) 16:51, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikivoyage, Wikidata and Commons contributor, former Wikivoyage chairman)[reply]
  63. Remux (talk) 16:51, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedia es/eo and Commons contributor)[reply]
  64. --Bubo 容 17:23, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  65. -- Balou46 (talk) 17:32, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  66. --Andyrom75 (talk) 17:35, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (Italian Wikivoyage admin)[reply]
  67. Lu Wunsch-Rolshoven (talk) 17:45, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  68. --Asio 18:31, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  69. --Polarlys (talk) 19:47, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian, Commons Administrator)[reply]
  70. --Cbyd (talk) 20:03, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (Contributor on WPfr, WD, Commons uploader 2000+ uploads, formerly engaged in several GLAM upload projects)[reply]
  71. --Yann (talk) 20:22, 12 October 2022 (UTC) Admin on Commons and Wikisource, 700,000+ edits on Wikimedia projects[reply]
  72. — Huntster (t @ c) 20:24, 12 October 2022 (UTC) (Admin on Commons and en.wiki; WikiData)[reply]
  73. --WiseWoman (talk) 20:39, 12 October 2022 (UTC) Searching on Commons is a PAIN, compared to other photo sites.....[reply]
  74. Nw520, Wikivoyage contributor & Wikidata editor --Nw520 (talk) 21:54, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  75. --Hubertl 22:09, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  76. --THE IT (talk) 22:30, 12 October 2022 (UTC) Admin @ de.wikisource[reply]
  77. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 04:05, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  78. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:12, 13 October 2022 (UTC), bureaucrat/admin on Wikivoyage, participant at COM:FPC, COM:QIC, COM:VIC, COM:DR, etc. and sporadic editor at en.Wikipedia. Featured Picture/Quality Image/Valued Image search usually does not work.[reply]
  79. Communty Group Math. -- I believe the WMF would be well advised to open a path for volunteer software contributors to contribute to MediaWiki and thus let communities like the Photographers community adjust commons according to the wishes. For Math, it took about ten years until this was possible, but now we have a model that seems to be adoptable by other communities.--Physikerwelt (talk) 06:36, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  80. --Wuselig (talk) 07:00, 13 October 2022 (UTC) (Commons, Wikipedia-de, Wikidata) (Contributor, Juror, Organizer at different times over the last 10 years at WLM and WLE) (Uploading also under Rainer Halama where I care about the BY in CC-BY-SA)[reply]
  81. --Itzike (talk) 08:08, 13 October 2022 (UTC) Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel[reply]
  82. Marc Mongenet (talk) 09:10, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  83. --TFerenczy (talk) 09:15, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  84. Raymond 09:24, 13 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedia since 2003, Oversighter and Admin on Commons, helping GLAMs with bulk uploads)[reply]
  85. --Valerio Bozzolan (talk) 09:40, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  86. Regards, Aschmidt (talk) 12:08, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  87. OwenBlacker (talk; please ping me in replies) 12:12, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  88. I totally agree. For instance as one of the largest contributors of the images to project I struggle to apply and teach correct categorization, but after all categories are totally invisible to mobile users. I receive every week emails and messages from people all over the world asking for "similar images", "higher resolution" or info that could be easily found in the categories or in the general layout of the files. I already tried to ask for a fix with no success: phabricator for me was a very frustrating experience. --Sailko (talk) 14:35, 13 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2006, 300,000+ own files uploaded, about 1 million edits in all Wikimedia projects)[reply]
  89. --Ehrlich91 (talk) 14:53, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  90. --Mateus2019 (talk) 17:08, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  91. --Arnoldius (talk) 20:14, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  92. 4nn1l2 (talk) 21:10, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  93. — Rhododendrites talk |  22:22, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  94. Natuur12 (talk) 09:14, 14 October 2022 (UTC) (Ducht Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons)[reply]
  95. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) While I don't fully agree with the contents of this letter, I do think there are serious issues with process and prioritization at the Foundation and these also bleed into this particular project, needlessly hurting the projects capabilities and prospects.
  96. --Häferl (talk) 10:42, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  97. -- Mdd (talk) 13:15, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  98. Iwuala Lucy (talk) 15:29, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  99. --Julie Samothrace (talk) 16:12, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  100. --Hadi (talk) 16:15, 14 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian, historian, Wikipedia cultural ambassador for WMCH and WMDE)[reply]
  101. --PereslavlFoto (talk) 18:25, 14 October 2022 (UTC) — Wikimedia Commons; photographer, visual history pro.[reply]
  102. --Kaganer (talk) 19:14, 14 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedia contributor since 2004; MediaWiki and Meta admin; Translate admin in Meta, Commons, MediaWiki and Wikidata; Commons template editor; WMRU member)[reply]
  103. Lepticed7 (talk) 19:52, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  104. Andyboorman (talk) 20:06, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  105. --Vojtěch Dostál (talk) 20:12, 14 October 2022 (UTC) We need to again prioritize development of our key services and platforms.[reply]
  106. ·Carn 20:53, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  107. JAn Dudík (talk) 20:55, 14 October 2022 (UTC) (editor for 17 years, 4000+ uploaded files, sysop on cs.wikis)[reply]
  108. --Guy Delsaut (discuter) 21:58, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  109. --Kallinikov (talk) 22:57, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  110. Scann (talk) 23:32, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  111. --Mitte27 (talk) 00:13, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  112. --Xover (talk) 03:57, 15 October 2022 (UTC) (Commons is a foundational project for all the other projects, and it is massively out of date and hindering their evolution in step with user expectations for modern websites. At the same time, the huge potential of Commons is not being realised because the technical platform has not seen the investment and leadership that it needs.)[reply]
  113. Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 04:41, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  114. --SergioOren (talk) 06:38, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  115. --Heidi Eisenhut (talk) 06:47, 15 October 2022 (UTC) (historian, library director, Wikimedia contributor since 2013 Kantonsbibliothek AR)[reply]
  116. --Рөстәм Нурыев (talk) 09:45, 15 October 2022 (UTC) Wikimedia contributor since 2005, Bashkir Wikipedia, wikidata. Wikimedians of Bashkortostan User Group.[reply]
  117. Afnecors (talk) 11:20, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  118. -- Justus Nussbaum (talk) 11:43, 15 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian, Data and Commons contributor)[reply]
  119. -- Sam.Donvil (talk) 14:42, 15 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian, Data and Commons contributor)[reply]
  120. --Koffeeinist (talk) 15:43, 15 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikisource, historian and contributor since 2009)[reply]
  121. --DaB. (talk) 17:51, 15 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian, Commons-admin, long-time-user of both).[reply]
  122. --ssr (talk) 19:50, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  123. Inductiveload (talk) 21:18, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  124. --Filipinayzd (talk) 05:41, 16 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2006; Wiki Loves X and Wiki Takes the City organizer and team member since 2013; Commons Photographers User Group Board Treasurer)[reply]
  125. --Derk29 (talk) 08:57, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  126. Красный wanna talk? 09:57, 16 October 2022 (UTC) (North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group, co-organizer of WLE-2022 in Kazakhstan)[reply]
  127. ElenaLitera (talk) 10:58, 16 October 2022 (UTC) (North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group, co-organizer of WLE-2022 in Kazakhstan)[reply]
  128. Reboot01 (talk) 13:29, 16 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikisource)[reply]
  129. Nemo Le Poisson (talk) 15:02, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  130. F123 F123 (talk) 16:13, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  131. Aboubacarkhoraa (talk) 16:19, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  132. Benreis (talk) 16:40, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  133. Okki (talk) 17:53, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  134. Tiputini (talk) 18:18, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  135. Fuchs B (talk) 19:42, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  136. KaiMartin (talk) 02:33, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  137. Rudolf Simon (talk) 06:09, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  138. Nicole Graf (talk) 06:47, 15 October 2022 (UTC) (librarian, wikipedian, head of image archive, Wikimedia contributor since 20106 ETH-Bibliothek)[reply]
  139. —Ismael Olea (talk) 07:33, 17 October 2022 (UTC), Commons contributor.[reply]
  140. --Galopax (talk) 08:23, 17 October 2022 (UTC), Colaborador-contribuyente de Commons[reply]
  141. --SteKrueBe (talk) 08:26, 17 October 2022 (UTC) , Commons contributor.[reply]
  142. --El Pantera (talk) 08:32, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  143. --Giftzwerg 88 (talk) 08:34, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  144. --TaronjaSatsuma (talk) 09:13, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  145. --Commander-pirx (talk) 10:17, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  146. --Hard (talk) --Hard (talk) 10:52, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  147. FluraFlu (talk) 11:33, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  148. ktchernes (talk) 12:23, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  149. --Mike Krüger (talk) 12:31, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  150. --Mentxuwiki (talk) 12:44, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  151. Nacaru (talk) 13:11, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  152. - Kareyac (talk) 16:19, 17 October 2022 (UTC) Wikidatan, hyWP, Commons contributor.[reply]
  153. --Fan-vom-Wiki (talk) 17:13, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  154. Poco a poco (talk) 18:01, 17 October 2022 (UTC) (Admin, contributor)[reply]
  155. Marinna (talk) 18:18, 17 October 2022 (UTC) WikiCommons, Wikinoticias and other, contributor with 89000+ long-time-user uploads since 2006.)[reply]
  156. Perrak (talk) 19:12, 17 October 2022 (UTC) de-WP since 2004[reply]
  157. Ezarate (talk) 20:22, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  158. CennoxX (talk) 21:13, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  159. 700+ articles in RuWiki, almost 500 uploads to Commons, admin, CU and a passionate wikipedian since 2007 (see admin account). Le Loy (talk) 22:42, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  160. Lotje (talk) 04:46, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  161. Maffeth.opiana (talk) 06:16, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  162. PawełMM (talk) 06:53, 18 October 2022 (UTC) Wikimedian since 2006, member WMPL, sysop on pl.wiki, commons 2000+ uploads.[reply]
  163. Urci dream (talk) 08:27, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  164. Eduard47 (talk) 08:31, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  165. Florenciac (talk) 08:39, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  166. Antimuonium (talk) 09:27, 18 October 2022 (UTC) (French Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Commons. Strongly agree with the lack of clarity and comfortability.)[reply]
  167. Dominique Labar (talk) 11:38, 18 October 2022 (UTC) (Board member of Wikimedia Belgium, Wikimedian since 2016)[reply]
  168. --Trockennasenaffe (talk) 09:41, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  169. --Kiraface (talk) 12:58, 18 October 2022 (UTC) On behalf of the Art+Feminism leadership team, I sign our support. We also have highlighted a need for indexing on the talk page[reply]
  170. --Kasa Fue (talk) 13:03, 18 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedia German since 2009,Wikipedia Commons, Member of Wikimedia Presidium Germany)[reply]
  171. SteveK (talk) 18:02, 18 October 2022 (UTC) ((Wikipedia German since 2004,Wikimedia Commons)[reply]
  172. --Vielen Dank und Grüße Woelle ffm (talk) 19:45, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  173. --Oursana (talk) 19:49, 18 October 2022 (UTC) (German Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Commons since 2012)[reply]
  174. --Ermell (talk) 20:25, 18 October 2022 (UTC)(Contributor since 2004, mostly photographs)[reply]
  175. --Karmakolle (talk) 20:51, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  176. --Jonas kork (talk) 11:32, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  177. --Camelia (talk) 13:04, 19 October 2022 (UTC) Wikimedian since 2007, Commons 20000+ uploads, #100wikicommonsdays completed 5 times.[reply]
  178. --Galahad (sasageyo!) 14:22, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  179. Maliepa (talk) 15:26, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  180. --GodeNehler (talk) 19:17, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  181. --Tilman2007 (talk) 21:35, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  182. --Denis Barthel (talk) 23:19, 19 October 2022 (UTC) (DE-WP 2003, Commons 2004 - ~3000 uploads)[reply]
  183. Alice Wiegand (talk) 08:27, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  184. -—M@sssly✉ 08:37, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  185. --Zinnmann (talk) 10:05, 20 October 2022 (UTC) Wikipedian since 2004, Commons contributor[reply]
  186. --Ordercrazy (talk) 13:12, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  187. --Marcok (talk) 13:34, 20 October 2022 (UTC) (Italian Wikipedia admin and Commons contributor since 2004, Wikipedian in residence in many institutions, 4500+ uploads on Commons)[reply]
  188. --Wil540 art (talk) 13:39, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  189. RoySmith (talk) 14:14, 20 October 2022 (UTC) Wikipedian since 2004.[reply]
  190. Julius1990 (talk) 15:22, 20 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian since 2005) The WMF makes millions every year - in part using deceitful fundraising -, the least the WMF can do in return is offering a "product" with a good user experience (for everyone and in most cases of use). Get your act together and focus on your core responsibilities.[reply]
  191. --Fheinimann96 (talk) 16:09, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  192. --Granada (talk) 18:53, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  193. --Contributers2020Talk to me here! 07:14, 21 October 2022 (UTC), a user since 2 years with more than 2500 edits.[reply]
  194. WikiDonne UG, after approval on the mailing list, Camelia (talk) 07:54, 21 October 2022 (UTC) Chair[reply]
  195. -- Ra'ike T C 09:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC) Wikipedianerin seit 2005, WP-de- und Commons-Admin, über 3400 Media-Uploads[reply]
  196. --Ruthven (msg) 14:46, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  197. -- B25es (talk) 15:03, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  198. --Rodelar (talk) 16:30, 21 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2008)[reply]
  199. --UweRohwedder (talk) 20:24, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  200. Bukky658 (talk) 13:58, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  201. --Mariana Fossatti (WK?) (talk) 16:02, 22 October 2022 (UTC) Decolonizing Wikimedia coordinator and part of the #VisibleWikiWomen Commons campaign team at Whose Knowledge? for 5 years. Much needed socio-technical improvements![reply]
  202. -- If Commons becomes better that would be awesome. We all know it's far from being perfect. The-city-not-present (talk) 19:26, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  203. Chabe01 (talk) 22:53, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  204. Netherzone (talk) 23:01, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  205. AnBuKu (talk) 23:02, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  206. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 08:47, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  207. --Isiwal (talk) 16:07, 23 October 2022 (UTC) , Commons contributor, Wikidata editor[reply]
  208. --A.Savin 20:12, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  209. --PaulT (talk) 07:41, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  210. Frederik D. (talk) 11:16, 24 October 2022 (UTC) (probably the largest contributor, categorizer and cleaner up of Venice/Venezia, Wikimedian since 2005)[reply]
  211. --ValeriySh (talk) 12:29, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  212. --Albinfo (talk) 13:33, 24 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2004)[reply]
  213. --Davide Mauro (talk) 19:34, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  214. --Podzemnik (talk) 19:55, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  215. --Ceslause (talk) 19:59, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  216. -- Jim.henderson (talk) 20:45, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  217. --ComputerHotline (talk) 06:34, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  218. --Horgner (talk) 06:45, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  219. --Matutinho 09:43, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  220. --Siba2 16:36, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  221. --Berlinschneid (talk) 19:19, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  222. --Derbrauni (talk) 11:56, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  223. --Enyavar (talk) 19:59, 27 October 2022 (UTC) (regular user mainly on de-WP, currently map patroller on Commons)[reply]
  224. --Scotch Mist (talk) Contributor, mainly photographs - would also like to see developed in Commons a recognized 'path', for those who hold relevant copyrights to subjects photo'd, to interact with Commons (and perhaps individual 'users') and if desired allow\license the general public to take and publish photos, if necessary under certain restrictions that individual copyright holders would specify. (This 'path' could also assist those who seek to delete the photos\work of others to engage with actual copyright holders, or their representatives, where feasible.)
  225. --XxakixX (talk) 15:36, 28 October 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2010)[reply]
  226. ----Lillian Rínkū (talk) 15:41, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  227. DomenikaBo (talk)
  228. Ulricus Angelus (talk) 08:45, 29. Octubre 2022 (UTC)
  229. --Kaethe17 (talk) 10:10, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  230. –IWL04 • 12:37, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  231. --Lupe (talk) 13:01, 29 October 2022 (UTC) de-Wikipedia and Commons contributor (8000+ uploads)[reply]
  232. ---- K@rl (talk) Diskussion 14:44, 29 October 2022 (UTC) de-Wikipedia and RegiowikiAT von WMAT[reply]
  233. ----daSupremo 15:07, 29 October 2022 (UTC) (English Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikicommons, Incubator (Ghanaian Pidgin), Volunteer)[reply]
  234. Qoan (dis-me!) 15:13, 29 October 2022 (UTC) (I agree that Commons is increasingly getting outdated and it must seem awkward to many new users).[reply]
  235. --TimSC (talk) 16:15, 29 October 2022 (UTC) Commons contributor[reply]
  236. --KaiKemmann (talk) 01:08, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  237. Alhaj Darajaati (talk) 10:16, 30 October 2022 (UTC), this is a very laudable idea[reply]
  238. vip (talk) 18:05, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  239. Ruky Wunpini (talk) 18:21, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  240. Peli (talk) 18:50, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  241. --Aristeas (talk) 19:12, 30 October 2022 (UTC), Commons contributor since 2005, photographer and very active in maintenance work[reply]
  242. — Koreller (talk) 19:56, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  243. Manjiro5 [💬] 23:54, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  244. Dottoressa (talk) 06:27, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  245. --Lutz Lange (talk) 08:13, 31 October 2022 (UTC), Commons contributor, Wikidata[reply]
  246. Waggers (talk) 08:57, 31 October 2022 (UTC) (English Wikipedia administrator, Commons categories wikignome)[reply]
  247. --PierreSelim (talk) 09:26, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  248. The state of Pattypan, Url2Commons, Cat-a-lot perfectly illustrates the situation of the tools here (nice features developed by users, but in permanent danger of "extinction"). — Draceane talkcontrib. 09:34, 31 October 2022 (UTC) (Commons photographer, filemover; cswiki admin & bureaucrat; Wikimedian since 2007)[reply]
  249. --Hsarrazin (talk) 09:52, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  250. --DerMaxdorfer (talk) 11:35, 31 October 2022 (UTC) (German wikipedia author & admin; Commons editor & filemover)[reply]
  251. --Goldmull (talk) 12:02, 31 October 2022 (UTC) Vielfotografiererin[reply]
  252. --Ciridae (talk) 13:07, 31 October 2022 (UTC) (Contributor on Commons, English Wikipedia, English Wikisource and Wikidata)[reply]
  253. --T@hmid02016 (talk) 13:31, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  254. -- Sea Cow (talk) 15:08, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  255. -- TadejM (talk) 17:57, 31 October 2022 (UTC) (English Wikipedia and Commons administrator, Wikimedian since 2005). The Foundation should refocus on community support and provide technical development where it matters.[reply]
  256. -- --Wilfredor (talk) 18:54, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  257. --BrunoBoehmler (talk) 22:56, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  258. --SBB Historic (talk) 09:28, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  259. --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk) 13:08, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  260. --Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:23, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  261. Dirac (talk) 21:30, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  262. George Ho (talk) 22:56, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  263. TCY (talk) 09:33, 2 November 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian, mostly Wikipedian and Commonist, since 2005)[reply]
  264. --Valahall (talk) 09:44, 2 November 2022 (UTC)(Historikerin, Fotografin, Archivmitarbeiterin)[reply]
  265. --P170 (talk) 17:37, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  266. Vasmar1 | Marius Vassnes (talk) 19:34, 2 November 2022 (UTC) Wikipedian since 2020, administrator on no.wikipedia, 1000+ uploaded own images on Commons.[reply]
  267. Haros (talk) 23:23, 2 November 2022 (UTC) Wikipedian since 2004, Admin on no.wikipedia, 7000+ uploaded own images on Commons.[reply]
  268. 1000mm (talk) 00:03, 3 November 2022 (UTC) contributor and user of Wikimedia, patroller of no-Wiki.[reply]
  269. —Hehua (talk) 00:54, 3 November 2022 (UTC) (zhwiki editor,also sysop on zhvoyage)[reply]
  270. Anne-Sophie Ofrim (talk) 07:54, 3 November 2022 (UTC) Wikipedian since 2007, sysop on no.wikipedia and nn.wikipedia, contributor on Commons.[reply]
  271. --Daehan (talk) 09:29, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  272. --El ribi (talk) 10:54, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  273. --Desman31 (talk) 12:29, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  274. 0xDeadbeef (talk) 12:52, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  275. PiotrekD (talk) 14:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  276. liowalter (talk) 18:32, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  277. Erik den yngre (talk) 18:05, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  278. -- Jeff5102 (talk) 21:59, 3 November 2022 (UTC) Editor since November 2005[reply]
  279. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:28, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  280. ----DenghiùComm (talk) 09:11, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  281. --Papuass (talk) 11:04, 4 November 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2005, WLM & WLE organizer)[reply]
  282. --Stefan.lefnaer 16:00, 4. November 2022
  283. --GerardGiraud (talk) 17:41, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  284. Bilorv (talk) 21:59, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  285. Matr1x-101 (talk) 22:33, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  286. --FlocciNivis (talk) 22:36, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  287. --Daniel Case (talk) 01:18, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  288. --Simonjoan 08:58, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  289. --Higa4 (talk) 08:59, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  290. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 15:51, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  291. --Hispalois (talk) 23:23, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  292. --Sardaka (talk) 18:36, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  293. --Kanthe (talk) 11:52, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  294. -- Kürschner (talk) 15:46, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  295. --Zio27 15:39, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  296. -- Maybe we shouldn't stick to a Wiki here. - Benh (talk) 18:23, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  297. --Tommes 00:49, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  298. --🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 08:35, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  299. --Yeeno (talk) 08:39, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  300. --Musa Vacho77 (talk) 08:46, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  301. --Jossi (talk) 09:16, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  302. --Mister rf (talk) 09:41, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  303. --C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 10:14, 7 November 2022 (UTC) (User - Wikipedian, Commons and Data)[reply]
  304. --Michael w (talk) 17:37, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  305. --komavo 07 novembre 2022
  306. --Nintendofan885T&Cs apply 23:34, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  307. ----Tsaorin (talk) 10:48, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  308. ----Gbarta (talk) 12:27, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  309. --Michael Sch. (talk) 10:51, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  310. --Karelj (talk) 15:51, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  311. --Don (talk) 15:51, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  312. --『白猫shiro neko』Обг. 18:44, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  313. --Downtowngal (talk) Uploader and categorizer. For long-term usability, site must be easily usable by the ordinary person, not just IT people. 10 November 2022 (UTC)
  314. --XRay 💬 18:45, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  315. ZandDev (talk) 22:36, 10 November 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedia, Commons and Wikidata contributor)[reply]
  316. --ClemRutter (talk) 20:36, 12 November 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedia 42000 edits, Wikipedia Trainer, Commons contributor with 49000 edits)[reply]
  317. Singlespeedfahrer (talk) 21:54, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  318. --Visem (talk) 01:04, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  319. ~Cybularny Speak? 13:16, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  320. Seboloidus (talk) 17:20, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  321. Svema (talk) 06:54, 14 November 2022 (UTC), Photographer and member of "Festivalsommer" project[reply]
  322. --Tagooty (talk) 09:13, 14 November 2022 (UTC) Photographer and contributor[reply]
  323. Contributing to Wikicommons is a great way of destroying the enthusiasm of new and existing supporters. If the site had a personality then it would be a person determined to make sure that the number of problems exceeded the number of photos. Photos that are "not for commercial use" are all over commercial sites like google, facebook and twitter but our non-commercial site cannot unpick the legal barriers that others steam roller over. Women in Red is held back by Wikicommons IMHO Victuallers (talk) 10:28, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  324. GeorgHH • talk   20:41, 14 November 2022 (UTC) (Commons, former admin)[reply]
  325. --Augusthorsesdroppings10 (talk) 21:31, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  326. --Herzi Pinki (talk) 22:20, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  327. --Elnon (talk) 01:56, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  328. --Junyu-K (talk) 04:20, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  329. --Julesvernex2 (talk) 07:50, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  330. --Stadtarchiv Bern (talk) 09:26, 17 November 2022 (UTC) (contributes photos to Wikimedia since 2020)[reply]
  331. --Hullian111 (talk) 09:50, 17 November 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian turned Commons uploader and categoriser) Never thought of it this way, but I completely get the appeal. Definitely agree with the need for better video playback, and there really needs to be a way of doing mass categorisation that doesn't take weeks off your life. How, also, could we help encourage folk very particular about copyrights (i.e. bus enthusiasts) to upload their works to the Commons?[reply]
  332. Mehediabedin (talk) 09:52, 17 November 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedian who uses Commons, Home wiki: Bengali Wikipedia)[reply]
  333. --Grizma (talk) 11:54, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  334. SkrzydlatyMuflon (talk) 12:37, 17 November 2022 (UTC) Polish Wikipedia.[reply]
  335. --Yiyi (Dimmi!) 15:38, 17 November 2022 (UTC) Wikimedian since 2007, 6300+ files uploaded on Commons[reply]
  336. MS Sakib (talk) 17:37, 17 November 2022 (UTC) (Regular contributor to Bengali Wikipedia. Also active in Commons, Wikidata, Assamese Wikipedia & Wikisource, Bengali Wikisource & Wikiquote.) কমন্সসহ সকল বহুভাষিক প্রকল্পে ইংরেজির একাধিপত্যের বদলে অন্যান্য ভাষাও যেন সমান সুযোগ পায়, এটিই আমার প্রত্যাশা।[reply]
  337. Michael F. Schönitzer 22:52, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  338. ----nicolas⧸dis. 23:13, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  339. Elżbieta Kossecka (talk) 00:25, 18 November 2022 (UTC) Several thousand historical photographs uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.[reply]
  340. --François GOGLINS (talk) 07:10, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  341. BrankaVV (talk) 08:23, 18 November 2022 (UTC) (Art historian and photographer from Serbia; Commons contributor since 2014; 16000+ upload[reply]
  342. Guido den Broeder (talk) 16:42, 18 November 2022 (UTC) (Commons user and founder of Wikisage. IMHO, the main issue is the ever growing hostility between users, often spilled over from Wikipedia)[reply]
  343. Ogalihillary
  344. albertoblaq
  345. Obedmakolo (talk) 16:42, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  346. Noé (talk) 18:28, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  347. GATETE Pacifique (talk) 00:24, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  348. Fma12 (talk) 00:20, 19 November 2022 (UTC) - 15,610 files uploaded, +132,000 total edits and other contributions[reply]
  349. Nehme1499 (talk) 13:21, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  350. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:58, 19 November 2022 (UTC) I have been a steady user of Commons for many years now, and have two substantial projects there (one on engravings, the other involving heraldry software). I use SDoC, which is a really good innovation. I'm interested in content issues such as accuracy of map metadata, and the changing of titles (comes up in heraldry). I see improvements in documentation that would be helpful. While I myself have not experienced problems at the level of the community, I think some discussion of the place of bot operators would be a good idea.[reply]
  351. --Wald-Burger8 (talk) 22:21, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  352. --Pymouss Let’s talk - 08:50, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  353. --User1042 (talk) 20 November 2022 (EST) Please invest in commons because there are no alternatives.
  354. -- Anthere (talk) 17:27, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  355. -- Kerry Raymond (talk) 12:12, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  356. --Vladimir Solovjev (talk) 12:58, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  357. Yes. WMF spends a lot of money for irrelevant initiatives (including social and ideological goals), but community ideas are ignored. Let's start changing this. Фред-Продавец звёзд (talk) 15:03, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  358. JukoFF (talk) 18:24, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  359. --Futbollo (talk) 19:53, 23 November 2022 (UTC) Russian Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons contributor with over 22,000 edits, and football fan.[reply]
  360. Finoskov (talk) 21:22, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  361. --Enric (talk) 02:00, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  362. --Fab5669 (talk) 14:14, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  363. --SJ+ 17:21, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  364. Alhen .::··¨ 19:28, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  365. ɱ (talk) 19:41, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  366. // sikander { talk } 🦖 19:45, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  367. --BuhaM (talk) 20:02, 24 November 2022 (UTC) member of Wikimedia Serbia, author and moderator of the Wiki Senior project at the Belgrade City Library[reply]
  368. --RomanM82 (talk) 22:37, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  369. Bojan Cvetanović (talk) 10:11, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  370. Written by TakingOver // Talk // Contributions 11:48, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  371. Iniquity (talk) 11:57, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  372. --NGC 54 (talk | contribs) 13:02, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  373. Evs (talk) 13:04, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  374. --Tytire (talk) 21:02, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  375. Neuroforever (talk) 11:44, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  376. --Lourdes (talk) 19:43, 26 November 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2004)[reply]
  377. My major difficulty on Commons: impossible to find category in french, italian or spanish. Some categories exists in several language it is not relevant. It is important to add a real localization support like on Wikidata. Jpgibert (talk) 19:49, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  378. Suyash Dwivedi (talk) 09:42, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  379. DesiBoy101 (talk) 10:00, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  380. Ymnes (talk) 15:52, 28 November 2022 (UTC), Wikipedian[reply]
  381. Wikipedian, Commons uploader and categorizer.PJeganathan 18:41, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  382. --Loopy30 (talk) Wikimedian for 7 years, have been uploading images of species from iNaturalist that were not currently represented in WikiCommons (4000+ so far). We need a better way of searching and/or browsing for images. For example, we could filter by geographic coordinates rather than using multiple categories that might be redundant, not at the right level, not exact, or in a different language/spelling. The abilty to apply or refine multiple filters (uploader, date, size, file extension type, media type, license type) should also be possible - my local libraries already do this. 18:11, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  383. --Dat doris (talk) 23:28, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  384. --Zieglhar 11:49, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  385. Sir Amugi (talk)Fuseini Mugisu Suhuyini (Sir Amugi) Editor at Dagbani Wikimedians User Group, Commons contributor, and Wikidata editor
  386. W like wiki good to know 23:49, 30 November 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2006)[reply]
  387. Shyamal L. 02:14, 3 December 2022 (UTC) [I think the same could be said of Wikidata - which could with a very slight modification be made more intuitive and clearly indicate its intent as a semantic indexing system][reply]
  388. BBCLCD (talk) 14:22, 3 December 2022 (UTC) Wikipedian since 2011 and contributor to commons.[reply]
  389. Gazamp (talk) 21:47, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  390. Netha Hussain (talk) 17:15, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  391. Benoit Soubeyran (talk) 17:20, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  392. -- F. Riedelio • talk 17:23, 5 December 2022 (UTC) (Contributor since 2014, mostly photographs)[reply]
  393. -- Tajamul9 (talk) 15:17, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  394. Enrevseluj (talk) 23:12, 6 December 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2012, 476 731 edits)[reply]
  395. --Thearones (talk) 13:32, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  396. Tweedle (talk) 13:34, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  397. --Argeste (talk) it.wiki-pedian since 2005 & sysop since 2011, juror in WMI image contests, not so active in Commons due to its platform usabiity. 15:37, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  398. --✠ Rejoy2003 ✠ (contact) 15:05, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  399. --Fadesga (talk) 19:46, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  400. Kadı Message 17:01, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  401. De728631 (talk) 15:51, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  402. Fantaglobe11 (talk) 15:53, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  403. LevandeMänniska (talk), 16:37, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  404. --Kurmanbek (talk) 17:18, 11 December 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedian, Wikipedian, Data and Commons contributor)[reply]
  405. User:Nerve net (talk) 19:18, 11 December 2022 (UTC) (Commons contributor)[reply]
  406. Olugold (talk) 20:51, 11 December 2022 (UTC). Coordinator, Ig Wiki Librarians Hub an arm of the Igbo Wikimedians User Group. (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikicommons, and Wikiquote contributor/translator)[reply]
  407. --Georgfotoart (talk) 21:23, 11 December 2022 (UTC) (Wikicommons, Wikipedia-de, Wikidata, hobby photographer)[reply]
  408. --Friedo (talk) 18:33, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  409. Deoband Community Wikimedia of which I'm the founder and president. I am a VRT agent as well and I can see how difficult things go for us here. The community has been informed of this sign off-wiki. ─ The Aafī (talk 18:43, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  410. --PaulAsimov (talk) 10:07, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  411. -Theklan (talk) 20:47, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  412. --Coralma* (talk)22:40, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  413. Ellywa (talk) 17:52, 15 December 2022 (UTC) Editor on NL-Wikipedia and long time contributor to Wikimedia Commons.[reply]
  414. Netherzone (talk) 02:03, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  415. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs), Wikivoyage user 18:35, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  416. --Fl.schmitt (talk) 18:47, 17 December 2022 (UTC) (mostly active on commons and wikidata)[reply]
  417. Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) [he/him] 19:18, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  418. The complete lack of progress on the tools is hardly understandable given the millions the WMF collect every year --Runi Gerardsen (talk) 15:22, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  419. --Leimanbhradain 22:13, 21 Decenber 2022 (GMT) (Commons user)
  420. – El Mono 🐒 (talk - es.wiki) 18:00, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  421. Hannes Grobe (talk) 18:02, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  422. — AlwynapHuw (talk) 18:08, 22 December 2022 (UTC) (Wikipedia and Wikisource cy)[reply]
  423. Pjt56, Wikipedia contributor since 2006 and Commons contributor with several thousand (tedious) uploads Pjt56 (talk) 10:12, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  424. Lion-hearted85, contributor to Commons and editor on the English Wikipedia since 2013. 19:26, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  425. Conny (talk).
  426. --Nicola Quirico (talk) , Commons contributor since 2012, 11:04, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  427. Psychoslave (talk) 16:27, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  428. Radomianin (Rado): I am registered since 2018 and very active since 2021. I contribute with my photos, as well as with active help. Furthermore, a large part of my contributions include maintenance work. -- Radomianin (talk) 12:00, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  429. --CrucialFriend (talk) 20:18, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  430. - ZLEA T\C 20:24, 2 January 2023 (UTC) (Wikipedian for almost 6 years, commons uploader)[reply]
  431. --Paracel63 (talk) 20:31, 2 January 2023 (UTC) (administrator at svwp, active on WMF projects since 2006, active uploader of files)[reply]
  432. --Michel Bakni (talk) 20:35, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  433. --Stunteltje (talk) 20:40, 2 January 2023 (UTC) from Dutch Wikipedia (since 2007 contribution with more than 20k files and more than 220k edits)[reply]
  434. --GOUPILLEAU J-Y (talk) 20:40, 7 January 2023 (UTC) from French Wikipedia (since 2013 contribution)[reply]
  435. --TaconSite (talk) 16:47, 9 January 2023 (UTC)from French Wikipedia[reply]
  436. --Ooligan (talk) 03:26, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  437. --D Y O L F 77[Talk] 20:47, 17 January 2023 (UTC) Habib Mhenni, Commons admin, Wikimedian since 2010.[reply]
  438. --LutzBruno (talk) 18:30, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  439. --MehdiTalk 18:39, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  440. --Josh (talk) 23:09, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  441. --Tpe.g5.stan (talk) 08:26, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  442. --NANöR (talk) 10:01, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  443. --Érico (talk) 23:13, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  444. --INS Pirat (talk) 16:06, 27 January 2023 (UTC) (Wikimedian since 2007, uploader of 2.7k+ files)[reply]
  445. --ThomasPusch (talk) 09:14, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  446. Ermanon (talk) 11:48, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  447. --Mbkv717 (talk) 12:24, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  448. --Atudu (talk) 12:27, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  449. --Juanman (talk) 12:43, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  450. Hanooz 17:34, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  451. Syunsyunminmin (talk) 08:41, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  452. – Pbrks (t • c) 22:54, 14 February 2023 (UTC), Commons contributor[reply]
  453. RodRabelo7 (talk) 23:01, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  454. --Welkend (talk) 11:08, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  455. Gzen92 (talk) 14:41, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  456. Commons is definitely long over due for some updates. The limited support for file formats and difficulty using it on mobile devices are two major issues. Uploading also use improvement. Uploading singles files or doing bulk uploads are both needlessly obtuse and often take more effort then it's worth. Especially when it comes to doing bulk uploading. It really shouldn't be that hard though. Especially since uploading files is the core purpose of the platform. --Adamant1 (talk) 14:54, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  457. --Islahaddow (talk) 17:07, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  458. --Schorle (talk) 09:26, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  459. I've been a Wikipedian since 2005, and on Commons basically since it started. After reading the list of grievances in this letter, I feel strongly that, in hindsight, the decision to base this platform on a wiki was a bad idea. It sounds like we need to throw that out and adopt something more similar to Flickr and other modern websites. It probably needs a standalone app too. As far as communications and notifications go, I still don't understand why the Foundation developed Flow but then coward from implementing it on the major existing wikis (Commons, Wikipedia, Wiktionary, etc.). Yeah, people don't like change, duh; you have to manage that and eventually force the change. — voidxor 22:07, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  460. Commons should be as multilingual as possible, and currently, it just isn't up to the same multilingual standards as, say, Wikidata. That among other reasons stated in this letter is why I agree with it and am signing it. OmegaFallon (talk) 15:22, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  461. --manȷıro💬 15:13, 31 March 2023 (UTC), editor in the French Wikipedia and in Wikimedia Commons[reply]
  462. Badlydrawnboy22 (talk) 15:17, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  463. Vera (talk) 08:44, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  464. Yes, Commons can unleash much more potential, and I experienced those mentioned issues with a huge amount of files to upload or uploading larger files --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 18:30, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  465. --rolf_acker (talk) 09:30, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  466. ⇒ Zhing-Za, they/them, 18:58, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  467. 01:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
  468. --Peter Lauppert (talk) 11:35, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ See the paper Menking, Rangarajan, Gilbert “Sharing small pieces of the world” (2018): Increasing and broadening participation in Wikimedia Commons”: “[...] Commons is consistently beset with usability issues such as challenges with batch uploads/downloads, content findability, and content evaluation [...].” (p. 1).
  2. ↑ See the Annual Plan here.
  3. ↑ See the Strategy recommendation Improve User Experience: "Improving the experience of users on our platforms will allow more people to join projects, access information, and contribute. This is a shared responsibility between developers, designers, and communities and requires collective action throughout the Wikimedia ecosystem."
  4. ↑ See the paper Menking, Rangarajan, Gilbert “Sharing small pieces of the world” (2018): Increasing and broadening participation in Wikimedia Commons”: “In addition to technical challenges such as image uploads, contributors to Commons must also navigate intricate policies concerning copyright and permissions, reoccurring vandalism, problems with other users, and photography critiques. Similar to Wikipedia, these factors create a sociotechnical environment that can be intimidating for new users [...].” (p. 1).
  5. ↑ See the Strategy recommendation Improve User Experience: "Easy-to-find and easy-to-understand resources for newcomers, including onboarding media and guiding interfaces helping them independently learn and navigate. [...] We need to encourage new members into our communities [...]. This is especially relevant considering existing platforms might be complicated for many newcomers to acquire the technological skills to participate or find resources to guide them. The processes, tools, platforms, and communication channels that have grown around Wikimedia projects have created a steep learning curve for newcomers [...]."
  6. ↑ This policy page calls Wikimedia Commons a multilingual project, but it also shows that English is usually the main language. One example are the names of categories.
  7. ↑ Maryana Pinchuk in 2014 about the Commons app: "The Mobile Web team has decided to hide the uploads features (upload & add to article + upload from left nav) on the mobile site until we have the time/resources to rebuild them into a more productive contribution stream. [...] This is both a crappy experience for the end-user and a major headache for the team... It requires dedicated product and design attention and quite a bit of engineering work, none of which we have the resources for."
  8. ↑ See also the Strategy recommendation Improve User Experience: "Interfaces designed intentionally for a wide range of devices so users can consume and contribute in diverse contexts.".
  9. ↑ gtmetrix.com website performance tests confirm poor site performance especially in large searches, but also the mainpage has plenty of issues
  10. ↑ See the Strategy recommendation Coordinate Across Stakeholders: "Identify and resolve core barriers to make way for collaborative work on modern technologies, creating new interfaces, and improving our user experiences."
  11. ↑ A comment on mediawiki.org: "There isn't a process. Each time is bespoke, and needs to run a different gamut of concerns depending on who objects that week, it seems. There's also no team that's the owner of all the different aspects of media support for MediaWiki, let alone Wikimedia production, so I'm not sure who would be best-placed to write up such a workflow, sorry."
  12. ↑ See the Strategy recommendation Innovate in Free Knowledge: "Build the necessary technology to make free knowledge content accessible in various formats. Support more diverse modes of consumption and contribution to our projects (e.g. text, audio, visual, video, geospatial, etc.)."
  13. ↑ phabricator:T244570 - Fix missing thumbnail for MPEG (.mpg) videos
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