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324560 new images were imported from wikipedia commons and wikipedia en.

373412 topics were given new images.  approximately 84309 topics already had images from prior loads.

The name of the image, if provided, is derived from the caption or alt text of the en article that transcluded the image.

images were annotated with /common/licensed_object/license based on the licenses described at the wikipedia image page for the image at the time of the import.  The original wikipedia image article was recorded in /common/licensed_object/provenance and the actual source URI is stored in the /type/content_import object.

where an image was multiply licensed the more permissive license is the one recorded.

pd 129081
cc 14260
gfdl 95873
fair 134198

Started Operation
  • Apr 12, 2007 7:39:12am
Ended Operation
  • Apr 20, 2007 7:36:53pm
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Estimated Primitive Count
  • 6,346,331
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With the exception of Wikipedia summaries and some images the content on this page is typically distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license or Public Domain.
Created by jg Apr 14, 2007
Last edited by vtalwar Sep 27, 2008
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