Commons:Tools/Commonplace

This tool does not work any more. Don't use it. This page is only kept for the records.

This page is presently inactive and retained primarily for historical interest.

If you want to revive discussion regarding the subject, you may try using the talk page (though your voice may not be heard) or start a discussion at the Village pump.

What is it?

Wikimedia Commonplace is a desktop application to simplify the process of uploading files to Wikimedia Commons or any other MediaWiki-based wiki. The application was developed in 2005, and has been updated starting in mid-2007 to once again correctly upload files.

Installing Commonplace

Commonplace works on Windows using the .NET 2.0 Framework, or on other platforms using the open-source Mono framework.

Windows Installation

. Ensure that you have the .NET framework version 2.0 or higher. If you do not, visit http://microsoft.com/net and download either the .NET 2.0 Framework or the .NET 3.0 Framework prior to installing Commonplace.
. Go to http://code.google.com/p/wikimediacommonplace/downloads/list and download the CommonplaceSetup.msi program.
. Run the installation program

Linux (or other Mono-compatible platform) Installation

. Ensure that you have Mono installed; the application was tested with Mono 1.2.4.
. Go to http://code.google.com/p/wikimediacommonplace/downloads/list and download the -binaries archive distribution.
. Uncompress the archive to a convenient location, and run the Commonplace.exe application.
. If mono is not configured properly, you may need to run Commonplace from the command line using mono Commonplace.exe

More information

The tool is back from the dead, so I (IlyaHaykinson) am still testing it. If you find any issues with the tool, please file them on the Google site at http://code.google.com/p/wikimediacommonplace/issues/list

IlyaHaykinson last edited in 2010.