Template:Copy to Wikimedia Commons

This file is a candidate to be copied to Wikimedia Commons.

Any user may perform this transfer; refer to Wikipedia:Moving files to Commons for details.

If this file has problems with attribution, copyright, or is otherwise ineligible for Commons, then remove this tag and DO NOT transfer it; repeat violators may be blocked from editing.

Other Instructions

• Endorse this file for transfer by adding |human=<your username> to this Template.
• If this file is freely licensed, but otherwise unsuitable for Commons (e.g. out of Commons' scope, still copyrighted in the US), then replace this Template with {{Do not move to Commons|reason=<Why it can't be moved>}}
• If you think that a local copy of this file should be retained, then replace this Template with {{Keep local|reason=<Why a local copy is needed>}}
• Please ensure that the file has a properly descriptive and unambiguous name before transferring; see Wikipedia:File mover#What files should be renamed? for details.

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Usage

Further information: Wikipedia:Moving files to Commons

The style this template has above is meant for image pages. This template automatically detects if it is used on an article page (main space) and then it looks like this:

This template will categorise tagged pages into Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons.

Please do not subst: this template. Please do not insert {{...}} characters into the edit summary of the target pages, as this causes formatting problems after the edit history is transwikied. This template contains a self-reference (it refers to the encyclopaedia in its contents).

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Copy to Wikimedia Commons

<TemplateData> {

       "description": "A template to indicate that the file should be copied to Commons ",
       "params": {
               "date": {
                       "label": "Mark date",
                       "description": "The date the file has been suggested for transfer to Commons",
                       "type": "date",
                       "required": false
               },
               "bot": {
                       "label": "Bot name",
                       "description": "Name of the tagging bot if it was mass-tagged by one",
                       "type": "string/wiki-user-name",
                       "required": false
               },
                "human": {
                       "label": "Reviewing user",
                       "description": "Name of human reviewer",
                       "type": "string/wiki-user-name",
                       "required": false
               },
                "inline": {
                       "label": "inline-identified",
                       "description": "Puts the file into Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons (inline-identified) instead of Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons",
                       "type": "line",
                       "required": false
               }
       }

} </TemplateData>

Redirects

• {{Commons ok}}
• {{Copy to commons}}
• {{Copy to Commons}}
• {{CtC}}
• {{Movetocommons}}
• {{MoveToCommons}}
• {{Move to commons}}
• {{Move to Commons}}
• {{MTC}}
• {{To Commons}}

See also

• {{Now Commons}}, for tagging files for deletion after being moved to Commons
• {{Do not move to Commons}}, for tagging files that should not be moved
• {{Deleted on Commons}}, for tagging files that were deleted on Commons
• {{Incomplete move to Commons}}
• {{Esoteric file}}, for files that are Wikipedia-specific and should not be moved to Commons

• Wikipedia:Moving files to the Commons, for usage description.
• Wikipedia:Template messages/File namespace.
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Moving#Copying to other projects, for more template examples.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Commons.

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