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[edit] 2007-10-09

Two millionth file uploaded!
On October 9th, 2007, less than one year after the one millionth file, the two millionth file was uploaded.

[edit] 2006-11-30

One millionth file uploaded !
The Wikimedia Foundation announced today that the one millionth file had been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. These files have been chosen or created by 91,006 registered users from more than 12 different languages.

[edit] 2006-06-02

CommonsTicker is now live!
It allows you to easily follow in your local Wikimedia project relevant edits made to Commons images that are used there. Request one today!

[edit] 2006-03-07

Help page maintenance urgently needed
Most of the help and policy pages in Commons-namespace were last updated in May 2005 even in English and are in most cases completly outdated and anything but helpful and of course there are also several duplicates. So please help cleaning up and translating all these pages and join Help page maintenance now.

[edit] 2005-10-26

SVG now possible in MediaWiki
The Commons now accepts files in Scalable Vector Graphics format. This format is preferred over PNG in most cases. If you want to transform old PNG-flags please join CommonsProject Insignia for coordination.

[edit] 2005-06-29

Update to MediaWiki 1.5 Beta3
WikiMedia Commons has been updated to the new version of MediaWiki. It is now running MediaWiki 1.5 Beta3. Some good features have been added to this version. To learn more, please visit MediaWiki in Wikicommons.

[edit] 2005-05-02

Templates
A list of templates available for use in Commons pages including category, image and talk namespaces.

[edit] 2004-12-28

Multilingual interface
Thanks to the implementation of Mediawiki 1.4, you can choose which language to use for the Commons interface. Go to your preferences and click on User data.
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