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Wikimedia Commons reaches 400,000 Files

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-a-lotta-wiki dept.

Brushen writes "Wikimedia Commons, a website built to be a repository of free, public domain, or GFDL images, sounds, and animations, has reached 400,000 files this week. Launched in September 2004 by the Wikimedia Foundation, the creators of Wikipedia, the organization intended for it to be a source of images that could be used in the rest of the organization's projects. As well, recently they've had a best picture comeptition."

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  1. They managed to... by Somatic · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...find 400,000 images and videos on the internet that weren't porn? Now that really is an accomplishment.

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    1. Re:They managed to... by Dr.Sweety · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, they actuall do have pron :) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nude_wo men

    2. Re:They managed to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Finally ! Free-as-in-speech bestiality : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Leda.jpg Now I can be a zealot AND a pervert. Although obviously I would have preferred a gnu or penguin to a swan.

  2. Good idea to post it on ./ by fa2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now there will be 100k more files, of which 99k are called hello.jpg ;)

  3. Re:Page worth a visit by Dpaladin · · Score: 2, Funny

    400,000 files is an impressive achievement, whereas 399,999 files is not, to paraphrase Maddox.

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  4. Re:They had a best picture competition too by Mostly+a+lurker · · Score: 2, Funny
    Does one haf to spel badly to subskribe to /.?

    No, for subscribers it is optional. It is only compulsory for the editors.