List of Wikipedias having zero local media files

This is a list of Wikipedias having zero local media files. Zero is easy to control and to communicate and implies for each project:

  • 100% free content, absence of non-free content
  • adherence to the wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy
  • any media files that are used are hosted at Wikimedia Commons, allowing easy reusage by other WMF projects and encouraging more uploads there
  • in case it is permanent
    • no need for an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP)
    • no need for MediaWiki:Licenses
    • no need for "soft-disabled" upload, and avoidance of any copyvio by a local upload
    • easier sharing of content between projects, e.g. copy tables, galleries, infoboxes - the included file names are still usable
    • managing files via Wikidata-properties, as Wikidata properties only allow file references to Commons.

Statistics edit

Wikipedia local file statistics as of 2018-01-31 04:06:20, source wikistats:      zero /      non-zero free-only /      other non-zero
Lists: zero; non-zero: non-free content/taking stock#Wikipedia (complete), non-free content#Wikipedia (EDPs, incomplete) [ edit ]
File qty Wikistats No. min Wikistats No. max Project qty Project qty (bar) Project codes Comment
0–∞ 1 299 299
0 1 142 142
aa, ab, ace, ady, ak, arc, ast, atj, av, ay, azb, bi, bm, bo, bug, bxr, cbk-zam, ceb, ch, cho, chr, chy, co, cr, crh, csb, cu, da, din, dsb, dty, dz, ee, es, eu, ext, ff, fj, fo, frp, gag, gn, gom, got, gu, ha, hak, haw, ho, ht, hz, ie, ig, ii, ik, ilo, io, iu, jam, jbo, kaa, kab, kbd, kbp, kg, ki, kj, kl, koi, kr, krc, ks, ksh, kv, kw, la, lbe, lg, lij, lo, lrc, ltg, mdf, mh, mhr, mi, mrj, mus, mwl, myv, na, nds, new, ng, nov, nrm, nso, ny, olo, om, pag, pap, pdc, pfl, pi, pih, pnt, qu, rmy, rn, roa-rup, rue, rw, sd, se, sg, sk, sm, sn, srn, ss, st, sv, szl, tcy, tet, ti, tn, to, tpi, ts, tum, tw, ty, tyv, ve, vep, vo, wo, xal, xh, xmf, za, zh-classical, zea, zu
1–9 143 153 11
no, cs, so, cdo, ia, mg, udm only free content: no, cs, so
10–99 154 168 15
bjn, lez, nn, mo, nl, lad, ln, pl, simple, war, bpy, mai, rm, bh, pcd only free content: nl, simple
100–999 169 216 48
min, bat-smg, or, sc, hsb, gan, nah, yo, gv, hif, os, fiu-vro, mzn, diq, pnb, wuu, ce, roa-tara, ug, ang, tk, fur, tg, gd, zh-min-nan, nap, uz, als, sa, pam, stq, map-bms, vls, nv, cv, su, ne, nds-nl, li, ku, vec, frr, ckb, glk, oc, bcl, dv
1000–9999 217 265 49
yi, bg, sco, an, ga, mt, kum, zh-yue, bar, pa, ba, as, scn, ps, mn, arz, be-tarask, am, eml, sah, tl, sw, pms, wa, be, lb, ky, et, is, hi, kn, my, tt, bn, si, lmo, eo, ur, ml, br, jv, fy, hy, mk, sl, ta, af, sh, kk, gl
10000–99999 266 295 30
ca, te, sq, ko, ka, hr, el, cy, mr, az, lt, lv, ms, bs, vi, hu, sr, ar, tr, th, ro, pt, fa, zh, he, fi, fr, id, ja, uk
100000–999999 296 299 4
de, it, ru, en
History of local media file quantity in Wikipedias
Date (00:00:00) 1 Qty of projects 2 Qty of projects w/o local files
(100% Commons)
3 Qty of projects having local files 4 Qty of local files Diff 4 prev year start 4/3 Reference
2013-01-01 285 36 249 2 038 148 8185 [1]
2014-01-01 287 30 257 2 208 750 170602 8594 [2]
2015-01-01 288 30 258 2 311 679 102929 8959 [3]
2016-01-01 291 37 254 2 405 486 93807 9470 [4]
2017-01-01 295 140 155 2 430 156 24670 15678 [5]
2018-01-01 299 143 156 2 485 220 55064 15930 [6]
2018-01-31 299 142 157 2 493 937 8717 (30 days, for 360 with same rate: 104604) 21224 [7]

List edit

2017-01-23 : 142 out of 299 Wikipedias have zero local media files.

The list is manually maintained. Items are grouped as in List of Wikipedias/Table. The file count at Special:Statistics may differ from Special:ListFiles. Inclusion criteria is zero files at Special:ListFiles. See Talk:List of Wikipedias/Table#Wrong file count.

List of Wikipedias having zero local media files
Logo URL Status Article count group Zero local media files since Ref Upload config Comment
  sv: active 6 (1 000 000+) 2009-01-05 [1] (disabled)
  ceb: active 6 (1 000 000+) 2017-01-13 - admin
  es: active 6 (1 000 000+) 2015-12-31 or earlier [2] (disabled) counter was wrong
  eu: active 5 (100 000+) 2008-10-01 [3] (disabled)
  vo: active 5 (100 000+) 2012-06-04 [4] (disabled)
  la: active 5 (100 000+) 2016-04-01 - admin
  sk: active 5 (100 000+) 2016-08-12 - admin phab:T142764 due to technical error 1 deleted file was shown until 2016-10-11 in counter and list
  nds: active 4 (10 000+) 2007-08-19 [5] (disabled)
  azb: active 4 (10 000+) 2015-12-31 or earlier [6] (disabled)
  bug: active 4 (10 000+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  io: active 4 (10 000+) 2016-03-28 - admin
  mrj: active 4 (10 000+) 2016-03-29 - admin
  fo: active 4 (10 000+) 2016-05-26 - admin
  ht: active 4 (10 000+) 2016-06-14 - admin
  qu: active 4 (10 000+) 2016-06-28 - admin
  ast: active 4 (10 000+) 2016-07-27 - admin
  new: active 4 (10 000+) 2016-11-19 - admin
  ie: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-18 (1) [7] admin
  jbo: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  nov: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-18 (1) - admin
  xmf: active 3 (1000+) 2014-12-31 or earlier [8] (disabled)
  lrc: active 3 (1000+) 2015-06-30 or earlier [9] (disabled)
  nso: active 3 (1000+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  cbk-zam: active 3 (1000+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  gom: active 3 (1000+) 2015-06-30 or earlier - (disabled)
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-rw.svg rw: active 3 (1000+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  kl: active 3 (1000+) 2015-06-30 or earlier - admin
  ki: active 3 (1000+) 2015-06-30 or earlier - admin
  lg: active 3 (1000+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  za: active 3 (1000+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  srn: active 3 (1000+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  crh: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  haw: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  tet: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  na: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  ty: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  mdf: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  mwl: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  ha: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  ig: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  kg: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  lbe: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  kaa: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  nrm: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  pap: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  pi: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  sn: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  gag: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-20 - admin
  myv: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-22 - admin
  vep: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-22 - admin
  kbd: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-22 - admin
  zh-classical: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-22 - admin
  pag: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-24 - admin
  ay: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-25 - admin
  lo: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-25 - admin
  tpi: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-26 - admin
  wo: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-29 - admin
  szl: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-31 - admin
  ext: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-31 - admin
  xal: active 3 (1000+) 2016-03-31 - admin
  tyv: active 3 (1000+) 2016-04-09 - admin
  rue: active 3 (1000+) 2016-04-09 - admin
  gn: active 3 (1000+) 2016-04-12 - admin
  jam: active 3 (1000+) 2016-05-03 [10] admin
  kw: active 3 (1000+) 2016-05-13 [11] admin
  mi: active 3 (1000+) 2016-05-18 - admin
  ilo: active 3 (1000+) 2016-05-20 - admin
  bjn: active 3 (1000+) 2016-05-24 - admin
  pdc: active 3 (1000+) 2016-05-31 - admin
  dsb: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-03 - admin
  csb: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-04 - admin
  ksh: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-07 - user
  lij: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-08 - admin
  hak: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-08 - admin
  bo: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-13 - admin
  arc: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-14 - admin
  bxr: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-14 - admin
  krc: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-17 - admin
  frp: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-17 - admin
  roa-rup: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-22 - admin
  to: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-24 - admin
  ace: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-28 - admin
  co: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-28 - admin
  koi: active 3 (1000+) 2016-06-30 - admin
  mhr: active 3 (1000+) 2015-08-15 - admin
  av: active 3 (1000+) 2016-11-07 - admin
  kv: active 3 (1000+) 2016-11-20 - admin
  sd: active 3 (1000+) 2016-11-29 - admin
  se: active 3 (1000+) 2016-11-30 - admin
  kab: active 3 (1000+) 2016-12-05 - admin
  zea: active 3 (1000+) 2016-12-09 - admin
  pfl: active 3 (1000+) 2017-01-02 - user
  tcy: active 2 (100+) 2015-08-04 [12] user
  ab: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  zu: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  sm: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-18 (2) - admin
  ks: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  tn: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  bi: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  bm: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  ch: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  ff: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  dz: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  cr: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  atj: active 2 (100+) 2017-06-14 - admin
  pih: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  chr: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  pnt: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  iu: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  rmy: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-19 - admin
  om: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  chy: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  tw: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-rn.svg rn: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  xh: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  ee: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  st: active 2 (100+) 2015-06-30 or earlier - admin
  tum: active 2 (100+) 2015-06-30 or earlier - admin
  ts: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  fj: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  ak: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  sg: active 2 (100+) 2015-10-04 or earlier [13] admin
  ik: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  ve: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  ny: active 2 (100+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - admin
  ady: active 2 (100+) 2016-02-13 or earlier [14] admin
  cu: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-20 - admin
  ti: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-20 - admin
  ss: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-25 - admin
  got: active 2 (100+) 2016-03-28 - admin
  ltg: active 2 (100+) 2016-04-03 - admin
  din: active 1 (10+) 2017-07-12 - admin
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-kj.svg kj: closed 0 (1+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - steward
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-ho.svg ho: closed 0 (1+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - steward
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-aa.svg aa: closed 0 (1+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - steward
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-mus.svg mus: closed 0 (1+) 2014-12-31 or earlier - steward
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-ng.svg ng: closed 0 (1+) 2016-04-16 - steward
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-ii.svg ii: closed 0 (1+) 2016-04-22 - steward
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-cho.svg cho: closed 0 (1+) 2016-04-22 - steward
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-mh.svg mh: closed 0 (1+) 2016-05-02 [15] steward
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-hz.svg hz: closed -1 (0) 2014-12-31 or earlier - steward
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-kr.svg kr: closed -1 (0) 2014-12-31 or earlier - steward

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