Wikimedia Commons for iOS and Android make it easy to contribute to ... - Bitelia

One of the resources that help an item is much more visually appealing they are, without a doubt, the images and videos that illustrate the. Graphics resources, and more enjoyable to read, help us better expose the subject that we are developing and also fulfill the function of providing a visual break the reader. When choosing an image, the Google search engine is usually common resource but, yes, it is important to verify that the source we use publish their content with a license that allows us to reuse their images. A reliable source is the Wikipedia and specifically Wikimedia Commons , which is the repository of multimedia content and images that nourishes Wikipedia, a repository that can contribute easily with mobile applications for both iOS and Android we have available.

Not long ago we reviewed some containers in which to locate images to illustrate articles in our blog, sources added images to search Flickr (filtering by images published under Creative Commons) can help us a lot. Wikimedia Commons is another key source from which we draw many users, a source that could not function if it were not for the contributions of users upload their photos to this repository and make them available to any user with a license to publish that allow free use.

the idea of ??making it easier to contribute to this repository and using the capacity we have to take pictures with our smartphones , Wikimedia decided to launch a pair of mobile applications ( one for iOS and one for Android) that would allow easily upload photos from our mobile terminal and add them to the collection of Wikimedia. The applications have been in beta for some time, especially the version of Android that Google is in Play but since last week, we can also download from the Apple App Store iOS version.

What gives this application? The dynamics of operation is simple: upload photos. Specifically, we can upload images stored on your terminal or we get out on the go with our smartphone , add a title and a description and upload to consider the most relevant category.

that simple but, basically, cash and since we will be contributing to the large base of knowledge and resources of Wikipedia with something as mundane as taking a picture with our smartphone as we stroll for our city.