Template:Copy to Wikimedia Commons/doc

Usage

For more details on this topic, see Wikipedia:Moving files to the Commons.

The style this template has above is meant for image pages. This template automatically detects if it is used on an article page (main space) and then it looks like this:

This template will categorise tagged pages into Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons.

Please do not subst: this template. Please do not insert {{...}} characters into the edit summary of the target pages, as this causes formatting problems after the edit history is transwikied. This template is a self-reference.

Usage: simple

• {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}

Will send the file to Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons.

Usage: detailed

• {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons|bot=Botname|date=December 2024}}
• {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons|priority=true}}
• {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons|human=username}}

Some parameters can be used together and some should not be used together:

• date=December 2024 or the month when the tag was added.
• bot=Botname to indicate that the file was mass tagged by a bot. It may not be eligible for Commons so check before it is moved. Will send the file to Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons (bot-assessed).
• priority=true is added if the file is selected as a priority file in the MtC Drive. Will send the file to Category:Move to Commons Priority Candidates.
• human=Some user to indicate that the file has been checked by a human and found eligible for Commons. Will send the file to Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons reviewed by a human.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for Copy to Wikimedia Commons

A template to indicate that the file should be copied to Commons

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	date	Gives the date the file has been suggested for transfer to Commons	String	optional
Bot name	bot	Name of the tagging bot if it was mass-tagged by one	User	optional
Priority for MtC drives	priority	Put 'true' if it is a priority file in an MtC drive	String	optional
Reviewing user	human	Name of human reviewer	User	optional
Add file to Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons (inline-identified)	inline	Puts the file into Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons (inline-identified) instead of Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons	String	optional

Redirects

• {{Commons ok}}
• {{Copy to commons}}
• {{Copy to Commons}}
• {{CtC}}

• {{Movetocommons}}
• {{MoveToCommons}}
• {{Move to commons}}

• {{Move to Commons}}
• {{MTC}}
• {{To Commons}}

See also

• {{Now Commons}}, for tagging files for deletion after being moved to Commons
• {{Do not move to Commons}}, for tagging files that should not be moved
• {{Deleted on Commons}}, for tagging files that were deleted on Commons

• Wikipedia:Moving files to the Commons, for usage description.
• Wikipedia:Template messages/File namespace.
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Moving#Copying to other projects, for more template examples.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Commons.