Commons:Milestones

This page lists the major milestones reached by the Wikimedia Commons project.

[edit] 2004

2004-03-19: Project proposed by Erik Moller. (mailing list)
2004-09-24: Commons opens. (m:Wikimedia_News/2004#September_7.2C_2004)
2004-10-04: 1000th file uploaded. (m:Wikimedia_News/2004#October_5.2C_2004)
2004-10-31: Support for automatic use of Commons files within Wikimedia projects was enabled. (Wikipedia Village pump)
2004-11: Commons logo created by Reidab adopted. (Commons:Logo/Vote)
2004-11: Commons:Featured pictures process started.
2004-11-11: First post to commons-l mailing list. (post)

2005-04: Files uploaded from DirectMedia partnership (Commons:10,000 paintings from Directmedia).
2005-05: Commons receives an Honorary mention in the Prix Ars Electronica awards in Austria.
2005-05-24: 100,000th file uploaded was Image:Dataflowfiringnodes.png. (Commons:Press releases/100K)

2006-03-25: 500,00th file uploaded.
2006-05-15: 600,000th file uploaded was Image:Peperomia graveolens - Botanischer Garten Bonn.jpg. (Commons:Village_pump_archive-30#600.2C000_files)
2006-06: Commons:Quality Images process started.
2006-06-16: File undeletion enabled. (announcement)
2006-08-19: Administrators' noticeboard started (previously such discussion was at the Village pump). (first edit)
2006-11-30: 1,000,000th file uploaded was Image:Singapore Zoo 37.JPG. Wikimedia logo mosaic (warning: many images) created to mark this occasion. See Image:Commonsmosaicanimation.gif for a timelapse of its construction. (Commons:Press releases/1M)

2007-02: Voting for the inaugural Commons:Picture of the Year/2006 competition held. 658 Wikimedians voted. Winner was Image:Polarlicht 2.jpg.
2007-05-25: 1,500,000th file uploaded.