Commons:WMF support for Commons

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In the 2022–23 Annual Plan the Wikimedia Foundation wrote that it would, among other things, "Deepen our Commitment to Knowledge as a Service, starting with Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata".

More specific feedback which was received during some community calls with Commons and Wikidata contributors has furthermore highlighted the following:

  • Increasing support for Wikimedia Commons
    • We saw lots of engagement during two dedicated sessions about Wikimedia Commons. Many people highlighted practical issues around upload tools and the need for more consistent technology support.
    • People spoke about the need to create a more welcoming experience for newcomers, with more intuitive tools and tutorials. “We have too much trust in people finding the trust and the support they need to be able to contribute meaningfully.”
    • We learned about the nuances and risks of making it easier to upload images to Wikimedia Commons given some of the recent history.
    • These conversations also highlighted the need for future movement conversations around what Commons should and should not do and its role within the larger Wikimedia ecosystem.

This page will cover updates related to any work that addresses the priorities highlighted above, no matter who's behind it.

Please feel free to use the talk page to start related conversations.

Updates

December 2024

  • Community discussions: Wikimedia Foundation hosted two conversations with the Community on November 21 and December 12, respectively about content organization on Commons and new media and new contributors. A summary of the first call has been published, while the summary of the second call will be published in early January. The scope of the discussions is to help to surface and then explore the challenges we now face among Commons contributors and users, with the intention that this will lead us to identify key strategic trade-offs.
  • UploadWizard Improvements: The team has introduced new changes in UploadWizard, among which the request for contributors for their prompt when they upload AI-generated media, and the introduction of a custom license field for "own work", which will allow for other free licenses to be used if the uploader wants, similarly to what happens for "not own work" media. Moreover, external sources detection was delivered in November; this will help moderators discover images coming from problematic external domains, such as social media and stock photo websites.

Previous updates

Active Projects
  • Commons Impact Metrics: A project aimed at providing a scalable, reliable data products that address the community's metrics needs, enhancing the understanding of the impact of contributions to Wikimedia Commons, particularly for GLAMs and other movement participants.
  • Upload Wizard Improvements: A project aimed at enhancing the user experience of the Upload Wizard, focusing on design improvements and minimizing the risk of media uploads that could lead to deletion requests.
  • WikiLegal for Commons: A space where commons contributors can suggest topics that need input from the WMF Legal Department.
Involved Staff
Communications
  • Please use the talk page for questions and comments!
  • We will post here the dates for the next meetings with the community. Looking forward to chatting with you.
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