Key:wikimedia_commons

wikimedia_commons
Description
links to related Wikimedia Commons' media of the feature
Group: Annotations
Website
commons.wikimedia.org
Used on these elements
See also
wikipedia=* wikidata=* image=* 3dmr=*
Wikidata
Q565
Status: in use
Tools for this tag
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For links to images or other media found on Wikimedia Commons.

Link to the (highest-level applicable) object-specific category where available, otherwise, a specific image or 3D model. Do not link to more generic categories such as "churches in Birmingham".

Examples

• wikimedia_commons=File:Bicycle crossing, Poland, Kraków, Josepha Conrada.JPG
• wikimedia_commons=Category:St Paul, Birmingham

Wikidata

Where possible, you may also add a wikidata=* tag. Any notable and clearly identifiable material entity is allowed to have a Wikidata entry (See Wikidata's notability guidelines). 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, the human-readable value of wikimedia_commons=* is easier to interpret.

Use cases

This can be useful for giving armchair mappers (some of which may be experienced validators) a better chance at understanding the object (a museum, unique house, bridge or memorial for example or even long distance cycle routes e.g. 162016 162016) and eventually complement or correct tags. Especially useful when the object doesn't also have wikipedia, wikidata or website tags or other easily available sources.

Note that these tags are not just intended for internal use! Linked content should therefore be suitable to be shown to end users.

Support

• Values are clickable on the main website (since 2019-11-07)
• Links to Wikimedia Commons works in Overpass turbo
• JOSM can start a browser showing the linked image or category (select the tag, then right-click)
• OpenStreetBrowser
• Historical Objects

Common Tagging Mistakes

• wikimedia=*

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

See also

• Photo linking - Create links between OSM features and external pictures
• image=* - has simple syntax (File:*) for linking to individual images on Commons too, but is less safe.
• mapillary=* - link to individual image in the Mapillary database
• 3dmr=* - for linking 3d models on the 3D Model Repository
• wikipedia=* - provides a link to Wikipedia's article about the feature.
• wikidata=* - The ID of the Wikidata item about the feature.