Commons:The Commons Log/2010
Contents
- 1 2010
- 1.1 Main license templates use TranslateWiki
- 1.2 Six million media files
- 1.3 Vector skin becomes default
- 1.4 Picture of the Year
- 1.5 File movers
- 1.6 Explicit images deletions controversy
- 1.7 TIFF support enabled
- 1.8 Institution template
- 1.9 UploadWizard in public beta
- 1.10 Illustrated tutorial
- 1.11 One-click reuse buttons
- 1.12 Localisation for anonymous users
- 1.13 Eight million media files
2010[edit]
Main license templates use TranslateWiki[edit]
: The main licence templates now use translations provided by TranslateWiki.
Six million media files[edit]
: Wikimedia Commons reaches six million media files
The six millionth file was uploaded on January 31, 2010, five months after the five millionth file, with the bot assisted upload of some 250,000 images from the Geograph project.
Vector skin becomes default[edit]
: Commons has now changed the default look to a new theme called Vector, which makes many functions much easier to find.
Picture of the Year[edit]
: Voting for the Commons:Picture of the Year/2009 competition concludes. 742 Wikimedians voted. Winner was File:Sikh pilgrim at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar, India.jpg.
File movers[edit]
: The file movers can now rename files.
Explicit images deletions controversy[edit]
: Controversy after Jimmy Wales spearheaded a purge of explicit content on Wikimedia Commons
TIFF support enabled[edit]
: Support of the TIFF format is enabled.
Institution template[edit]
: Creation of the {{Institution}} template.
UploadWizard in public beta[edit]
: The UploadWizard launches in beta.
Illustrated tutorial[edit]
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: An illustrated tutorial is created by the Wikimedia Foundation to educated users on copyright issues during the UploadWizard process. It features Puzzly.
One-click reuse buttons[edit]
: Enabling of the Stockphoto gadget, meant to help with media reuse, by adding on file pages buttons helping wirth credit lines, licensing requirements and code generation.
Localisation for anonymous users[edit]
: Interface gets localised for anonymous users (background)
Eight million media files[edit]
: Wikimedia Commons reaches eight million media files (Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2010/12#8M_milestone).
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