Wikipedia:WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons

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Since Wikimedia Commons is now the repository for free images, it is redundant and wasteful to upload an image to every Wikipedia language or sister project that wants to use an image. Using Commons, we can store a picture just once on Wikimedia's servers and use it anywhere. Therefore, uploaded free images should all be transferred to Commons, and those that are currently on Wikipedia must be moved. As all of the subcategories of Category:Free images, including Category:GFDL images, Category:Public domain images, Category:Free use images and many others, must now be transferred to Commons, this WikiProject has been created to organize efforts and expand awareness of this massive waste of server space.

Please apply an extremely critical eye to allegedly "free" images here before uploading them at the Commons. This project is a good chance to catch many of the dodgily sourced and licensed images here. If you have any doubts please don't upload to the Commons (send to IfD or PUI) because it will just create unnecessary duplication for Commons admins.

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**Category:European Union images - 119 images as of April 12, 2006 This images are fair use, so they aren't allowed in Commons.

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