Here are examples of files that can and cannot be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons:
- Files you took/created yourself
- Note that all files are Commons are granted permission for others to use, change, and share, including commercially (like selling it).
- Files that others licensed under an approved license
- Files that are either too simple or too old and are in the public domain
- Files that include 2D or 3D art (see Commons:Freedom of panorama)
- Files that others took/created, and aren't licensed under an approved license
- This includes most files on the Internet.