Key:wikimedia_commons
 wikimedia_commons
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| Provides a link to Wikimedia Commons' images of the feature. |
| Group: Annotation |
| Website |
| commons.wikimedia.org |
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| Wikidata |
| Search Wikidata |
| Status: draft |
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For links to Wikimedia Commons.
Link to the (highest-level applicable) object-specific category where available, otherwise, a specific image. Do not link to more generic categories such as "churches in Birmingham".
e.g. use:
wikimedia_commons=Category:St Paul, Birmingham
or for an element without its own Commons category (like 
1675253168 (iD, JOSM, Potlatch2, history, XML))
wikimedia_commons=File:Bicycle crossing, Poland, Kraków, Josepha Conrada.JPG
Contents
Wikidata
Where possible, you may also add an wikidata=* tag. See Wikidata's notability guidelines. Anything having a Commons category (not just a file) satisfies the notability criteria and is allowed to have a Wikidata entry. A Wikidata entity would contain a statement about an image, 3D model, Commons category, or Commons gallery being associated with the entity.
Adding wikimedia_commons=* to an object that has wikidata=* can be considered redundant because Wikidata itself often links to Wikimedia Commons. The vast majority of less experienced (newbies and occasional) users however is way more likely to understand the concept and importance of Wikimedia Commons than Wikidata though and that's why it can be considered good to add both. Even for experienced users, human-readable value of wikimedia_commons=* is easier to interpret.
Video
How to add a Key:wikimedia_commons to OSM (Ogg Video; NL audio; EN subtitles, on Wikimedia Commons)
Support
- Links to Wikimedia Commons works in Overpass turbo
See also
- Photo linking - Create links between OSM features and external pictures
- wikipedia=*
- wikidata=*
- image=* - has simple syntax (File:*) for linking to individual images on Commons too.
