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== 2013 ==

=== URAA enforcement ===

[[File:Commons-emblem-copyright.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-01}}: Increase in the enforcement of [[COM:URAA|URAA]] leads to [[:Category:URAA-related deletion requests/deleted|multiple deletion requests]] and an initiative to [[:Category:Deleted files transferred to Wikilivres|transfer deleted files to a Canada-based third-party website]].

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 |de= [[Commons:Milestones|Meilenstein]] von 16 Millionen Dateien.
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=== URAA statement ===

[[File:Commons-emblem-copyright.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-02-06}}: The Wikimedia Foundation Legal team publishes a [[meta:Legal and Community Advocacy/URAA Statement|statement concerning URAA and its enforcement]]. ([[Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2013/02#URAA_statement|discussion]])

=== New search extension enabled ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-05-25}}: Activation of [[mw:Extension:SearchExtraNS|SearchExtraNS extension]].

===Picture of the Year===

[[File:Pair_of_Merops_apiaster_feeding.jpg|thumb|POTY 2012]]

[[File:POTY_barnstar.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-02}}: The [[Commons:Picture of the Year/2012]] competition concludes.  Winner was [[:File:Pair of Merops apiaster feeding.jpg]].

=== Footer cleanup ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-03-10}}: Activation of [[mw:Extension:Vector#FooterCleanup|Vector extension FooterCleanup]] ([[bugzilla:45946]])

=== Lua ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-03}}: Deployment of [[Commons:Lua|Lua]], a programming language for templates.

=== Commons App ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-04-29}}: Announcement of the official Commons app for iOS and Android [//blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/29/announcing-the-official-commons-app-for-ios-and-android/ source])

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[[File:Nordic Global MD-11 OH-LGC landing at Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport.jpg|thumb|The 17 millionth file.]]

[[File:Commons-laurel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-05-16}} : {{LangSwitch
 |de= [[Commons:Milestones|Meilenstein]] von 17 Millionen Dateien.
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=== Maximum size for thumbnails raised ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-05}} The [[COM:MAXTHUMB|maximum size for thumbnails]] is raised from 25 megapixels to 50 megapixels ([[bugzilla:47363]], [[Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2013/05#PNG_and_GIF_thumb_generation_limit_raised|discussion]])

=== Multilinguism extensions, Universal Language Selector and Translate, enabled ===

[[File:Nuvola apps kmessedwords.png|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-05-13}}: [[mw:Universal Language Selector|Universal Language Selector]] and [[mw:Extension:Translate|Translate]] extensions are enabled. ([[Commons:Requests for comment/UniversalLanguageSelector|RFC 1]] [[Commons:Requests for comment/Translate extension|RFC 2]]).

=== FLAC and WAV support===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-07-8}}: Support for [[:en:FLAC|FLAC]] container and [[:en:WAV|WAV]] format is enabled ([[Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2013/06#Adding_.flac_to_allowed_file_types|note]], [[Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2013/07#Adding_.wav_support_to_Commons|note]])

=== HotCat enabled by default ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-07-10}}:  The [[Help:Gadget-HotCat|HotCat gadget]] is enabled by default for all logged-in users.

=== Deployment of VipsScaler ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-07-18}}: Deployment of [[mw:Extension:VipsScaler|VipsScaler]], a new thumbnailer for PNG images [//blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/12/vipsscaler-implementation-wikimedia-sites/ bacground])

=== Update to Upload Campaigns ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-07-22}}: As part of work on Mobile, the underlying infrastructure for [[Commons:Upload campaigns|Upload campaigns]] (mainly used for [[Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments|Wiki Loves Monuments]]) has been rewritten. ([http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2013-July/006882.html more information])

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[[File:Open Make Up For Ever 2013 - Camille Guerre - 02.jpg|thumb|The 18 millionth file.]]

[[File:Commons-laurel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-08-15}} : {{LangSwitch
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=== Wikimedia Commons brochure ===

[[File:Illustrating Wikipedia brochure.pdf|thumb|The brochure, featuring Puzzly.]]

{{ISOdate|2013-08-02}}: After a community process, publication of the [[Commons:Welcome to Commons brochure|Welcome to Commons brochure]] ([//blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/29/wikimedia-commons-brochure/ source]).

=== Restyling the gallery tag ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-08-19}}: New outputs for the <code><nowiki><gallery></nowiki></code> tag are available ([[mw:Help:Images#mode_parameter|manual]])

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[[File:Commons-laurel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-10-21}} : {{LangSwitch
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=== Maximum file size raised to 1GB ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-11-06}}: The {{Localized link|Commons:Maximum file size|maximum file size}} (using {{Localized link|Commons:Chunked uploads|chunked uploads}}) is [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/93900/ raised to 1GB].

=== Deployment of CirrusSearch ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-12-16}}: [[mw:Search/CirrusSearchFeatures|CirrusSearch]], a new backend forthe Search feature, is deployed on Commons as secondary.

=== Deployment of the GLAMwiki Toolset Project ===

[[File:Gnome-devel.svg|link=|25px]] {{ISOdate|2013-12-17}}: Deployment of the [[Commons:GLAMwiki Toolset Project|GLAMwiki Toolset Project]], an extension to help cultural institutions batch upload content & metadata.