Wikipedia:Upload/Flickr

For help in requesting permission from Flickr users, see WP:REQUESTFLICKR.
For the use of Flickr as a source, see WP:RSPFLICKR.
There are various tools available for quickly uploading pictures from Flickr at Commons:Flickr_files#Uploading_images. The easiest way is to simply use UploadWizard.
The Wikimedia Commons is a collection of freely licensed images shared by all Wikimedia projects. When you upload an image to Commons, it will automatically be available here under the same filename.
Uploading a work found on Flickr
This guidance only applies to uploading a work found on Flickr created by someone else (not you).

In any image page in Flickr there is "License" section on the right hand side of the page. This section contains the copyright information which is important for you.

Flickr images have 7 different license options. There is also a public domain collection, Flickr: The Commons, uploaded by participating organizations. 2 of the 6 Creative Commons (CC) licensing options are OK here:

Flickr image info License License tag
Some rights reserved Attribution {{Cc‑by‑2.0}}
Some rights reserved Attribution-ShareAlike {{Cc‑by‑sa‑2.0}}
United States government work US government work {{PD-USGov}}, c:Category:PD-USGov license tags
No known copyright restrictions Unclear {{Flickr-no known copyright restrictions}}
Preferably add a tag like {{PD-old-70}} or {{PD-US-expired}}.
Public domain Public Domain Dedication (CC0) {{Cc-zero}}
Public domain Public Domain Work (PDM) {{PD-old-70}}, {{PD-US-expired}}, USGov, etc
An appropriate tag must be added to prevent deletion.
Do not add {{CC0}} or {{PD-self}} to PDM files. (more info)
Public domain Public Domain Work (PDM)
All rights reserved None NOT OK
Some rights reserved Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs NOT OK
Some rights reserved Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike NOT OK
Some rights reserved Attribution-NonCommercial NOT OK
Some rights reserved Attribution-NoDerivs NOT OK
BY means the image license requires attribution, as in an image is "BY" a certain person.
SA is for "Share Alike".
NC is for non-commercial use only and is NOT OK.
ND is no derivative works and is NOT OK.
If the image is not OK, consider asking the author to release their work under a free license such as CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution license), or CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike). See also Commons:VRT.
Flickr can search its images by license. Click the "see more" links for each license. See the advanced search also. The Creative Commons search options are at the bottom.

You may wish to read the Wikimedia Commons' guide to help check if the images you are uploading are permitted. Here is a list and table of old and new versions of Creative Commons licenses that are accepted at the Wikimedia Commons.

Note: For questions or comments about this upload page please go to its talk page.

Upload to Commons (recommended)


Upload locally (not recommended)