
To be eligible for hosting on Wikimedia Commons, all files and other content must fall within the Commons scope. The expression "educational" is to be understood according to its broad meaning of " providing knowledge instructional or informative".
that acts as a common repository for the various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. that makes available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content to all, and. The aim of Wikimedia Commons is to provide a media file repository: If you just need a brief overview, see Commons:Project scope/Summary. It acts as a common repository for all Wikimedia projects, but the content can be used by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose. Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to all. 5 A word on some areas of particular concern.
4 Scope part 2: Pages, galleries and categories. 3.5.2 Non-allowable reasons for PDF and DjVu formats.
3.5.1 Allowable reasons for PDF and DjVu formats.
3.4.1 File in use in another Wikimedia project.3.4 Must be realistically useful for an educational purpose.3.3 Must be freely licensed or public domain.3.2 Must be an allowable free file format.