User talk:Reason turns rancid

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Contents 1 Hola 2 . 3 Spoken articles 4 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot 5 Common examples, informally described 6 Eyeglasses 7 bold vs italic 8 Hello 9 Bioptikon 10 AfD nomination of Lists of clichés 11 Spoken Nostradamus 12 Spokebut n articles 13 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot 14 Simpsons Spoken 15 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot 16 Glasses - audio edition 17 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot 18 Spoken wikipedia tips 19 Weymouth 20 Spoken article review of Grim Fandango 21 George Washington 22 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot

[edit] Hola

I spend most of my "spare time" at work perusing the Wiki and adding and subtracting where needed. If I've been stepping on your toes, just leave me a note, my friends.

[edit] .

I see the bitter resemblence --TheComfortOfFiveBlades 19:21, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spoken articles

Well thank you very much, I appreciate the compliment. I haven't had time to get around to working on another one lately, but I'd like to churn one or two out soon if I can... you just put the bug in my ear now. Anthony Hit me up... 14:16, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Common examples, informally described

See my discussion at Talk:Baltimorese for why I keep deleting that list. AJD 04:43, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

• Good points. I've continued our discussion there. Reason turns rancid 16:54, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eyeglasses

Thank you for your view aboout the image I posted. However I believe the image demonstrates a modern concern with the development and heritage of spectacles and is distinct in that sense from other images in the article. Unless you have a more cogent reason consistent with the fundamental spirit of Wiki for removing this image I'll reinstate it. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wyrdlight (talk • contribs) 07:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

• Frankly, the reason for it's removal was not it's content, but to reduce the cluttered look and feel of the article. Eleven pictures in an article of this size is plenty. However, since you feel stongly enough, I will re-include as a smaller picture in "Later Developments" for now. Thanks again. Reason turns rancid 17:53, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] bold vs italic

Hello. I'm a bit confused concerning your recent edit to Joseph Henri Marie de Prémare. Why bold should be used instead of italic for book title and book series? Cheers.--K.C. Tang 01:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

• Simply for appearances sake. Please feel free to revert my edits, but my main reason was that many special characters, namely æ, are compressed and difficult to see on some screens. The problem is compounded when italicized. (æ , æ, æ). Just thought I'd help the flow and readability of the article. Reason turns rancid 14:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I see, thanks for your quick reply. But as you know bold should be reserved for the subject(s) of a Wiki article; and in traditional orthography book titles should be put in italic. So bolding a book title here may seem a little bit odd to the readers. I'd venture to revert the edit, and separate the æ. Cheers.--K.C. Tang 01:34, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. For all I know it may as well be my work monitor, which displays in glorious 800x600, which makes even the clearest difficult to read. Reason turns rancid 15:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

I just did a roll back of your redirect: [1]. Regards and Cheers. --Bhadani (talk) 12:22, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

• Ah, perhaps the redirect was originally done on the wrong page, my apologies for using the incorrect one. Was odd to have duplicate pages however. Thanks for the update. Reason turns rancid 15:12, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bioptikon

Thanks for your message re: bioptikon. The term is used on the New York cyberpoetics underground (or at least was in the 1990s), more or less vanished when this scene ceased, then reappeared in various student subcultures in Britain. It's a singular term for "a pair of glasses", which was the whole point of the word. I did add a wikipedia entry, which defined the term, but this was immediately deleted. On reflection I think it might be more appropriate to wiktionary as it's a definition rather than an encyclopedic entry. But I think it should remain as a term for glasses.

• Quite agreed, cool term too. I might start using it myself at the risk of people looking at me funny. I think the whole concept of the "cyberpoetics" subculture could make for an informative aricle in and of itself, as I couldn't discover much about it form here with my limited internet access. Give it some thought. Reason turns rancid 18:58, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Glad you agree. The reason that the cyberpoetics subculture isn't too widely known about is that the scene was very insular and, oddly enough, the hard core tended to be fiercely opposed to the internet, seeing it as a dilution of their original vision. I'll write something if I get a chance, although I'm an informed outsider rather than part of the inner circle! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Piquant (talk • contribs) 20:21, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Lists of clichés

An article that you have been involved in editing, Lists of clichés, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lists of clichés. Thank you. Jreferee t/c 18:08, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spoken Nostradamus

That article is evil... Anyone trying to record it is destined to go insane...!!! *cackles*

Ahem.

On a more serious note, I am doing it, but I'm having to record each section several times and edit it all together due to the obscene amount of French contained therein; every time I listen to it, I pick up on another mispronunciation. >.< I'm also trying to get the length and size of the final recording down somewhat without losing any article content, as an article of that length is > 30 minutes when recorded. I've slightly re-written a revision of the article from July 2007 so that the references and foornotes are all at the end of the recording, which seems to work better than ignoring/removing them completely or interspersing them throughout the article.

It'll take a while, but it will get finished. :) --Veratien (talk) 03:42, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

• Awesome. I look forward to it! Reason turns rancid (talk) 04:14, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spokebut n articles

Hello, I noticed that you reviewed my reading of Subter homesick blues. That led me to your page.

First, any tips that you'd care to give, I'd appreciate, especially since you are a voice coach. I know that I have a bit of a lisp - don't be reluctant to mention anything.

I listened to your reading of antidisestablishmentarianism. It's very nicely done, very clear. To my ears, your inflection is a bit too much on the cheery side - is the result what you were going for?

I have a number of questions about readings - do you know if there is a general discussion topic on wp spoken word? For example,

• how do you deal with citations and footnotes?
• What about bad grammar? (I know, you could fix it first, but if not?)
• What if you vary from the actual text (as I did?)
• What is/shouldbe the standard opening and close?
• Should the reading identify the specific revision being read? (I think so.)
• technical details: what bit-density is best for ogg voice recordings, balancing size vs. quality?
• What audio manipulation is good (e.g., compression, filters.)

regards,

Leo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leotohill (talk • contribs) 16:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

• I must have been in a good mood that day I suppose. I'm always experimenting with different tones and inflections to find something more "me". I'm working on another project now which I'm doing more "straight".
  • As far as footnotes go, I would just as assume skipping them. Reading every footnote and reference would be veeeeery tedious.
  • For grammar, proofreading should be standard. It would be embarrassing to include a typo in your performance. Edit when needed before recording.
  • For variance, I would stick as close as possible to the copy. For lists and bulletpoints, I would trim them down to the most poignant.
  • Yes, try and mention the revision, although I usually forget, and it is mentioned on the soundfile link.
  • Bitrates should be between 48-96 and monoaural for best performance.
  • As far as filters and such go, I myself use Adobe Audacity with a few EQ settings. Basic editing software is all you really need and there are plenty of free ones out there.

As far as your "lisp", it's hardly noticeable. It adds personality to your recordings. Don't sweat it. :)

Reason turns rancid (talk) 17:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Simpsons Spoken

Thanks for reviewing my article.

Sorry about the quality - I don't have enough money to buy a decent microphone. For some reason, it didn't normalize properly - do you know why this might be? I have tried many times in audacity - is there just too great a difference?

Thanks again

Dvorak (wtkwhite) ^(Talk) 19:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

• I've found for normalization, it's best to use it for every take. Normalizing the entire file will amplify the entire file according to the loudest or highest peak. The easiest thing to do is normalize each take seperately instead of everything altogether and you'll get way better results. I think also in Audacity (I use Audition), there should be an option for Dynamics Processing which is useful for full-waveform normalization. Worth a go at least.

Reason turns rancid (talk) 22:50, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

• • Thanks -- will try that next time --Dvorak (wtkwhite) ^(Talk) 08:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Glasses - audio edition

Are you still working on the audio version of Glasses? I did a fair amount of copyediting and then spotted your notice. Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 23:10, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Spoken wikipedia tips

Hows it going? I saw your name on the list of users who can help with spoken wikipedia recording issues. I don't have any technical issues, but I would appreciate some tips. I asked this question on the spoken wikipedia talk page, but since I would like to get to work recording as soon as possible, I decided that it would be quicker to go to someone spacific (I hope it's not too much trouble!). This is the exact question I asked on the spoken wikipedia talk page:

I just recently added my name to the list of participants of this project. I'm planning to narrate the Super Smash Bros. Melee article, but before I do, I want to know what mistakes I'm making. I recorded the playable characters section of the article and uploaded it (see bottom of this entry). If someone wouldn't mind giving me a few tips about what I'm doing wrong, that would be greatly appreciated! (Because this isn't going to go on the article, I didn't fuss too much over my errors which I would have changed otherwise. Some of the things that I noticed that I will try my best not to do while recording the whole article are: not saying the section number, blowing into the mic, taking noticeable breaths, not digitally removing the background noise, different lengths of pauses after punctuation, and different volumes and ammounts of muffling)

Thanks a lot! You're dreaming eh? 19:20, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

• A fine beginning I think. The opening sentences are a little monotonous (up until :56), however the final sentences are much better; they are much brighter with good inflection and easier to listen to. The quality even seems better. As far as technical aspects go, you seems fine, no real noise or popping. As long as you keep up the lace from what you were doing in the latter half of that sample, you'll be A-OK. Welcome to the family, and don't hesitate to ask question of any of the moderators. Reason turns rancid (talk) 15:19, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks for the tips! I'll get started as soon as I can! You're dreaming eh? 23:03, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Weymouth

Thanks for the note; it's always nice to appear in the front page in some waY. The narration is a bit old now, but I don't think the text of the article has changed much since then (that's one advantage of narrating Featured Articles). Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 11:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spoken article review of Grim Fandango

Hi! Just reviewed your Grim Fandango spoken article. Excellent Job! This was my first review and hopefully I got it right. If you have any feedback on my feedback ;o), I would surely appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PopularOutcast (talk • contribs) 09:20, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] George Washington

My professional voice actor, User:WarmVoiceOver has completed his recording of George Washington - Image:George Washington part 1.ogg. User:Nunh-huh uploaded it and I added it to the list of spoken articles. We're all newbies at this, so please let me know if we did anything incorrectly! Thanks. howcheng {chat} 04:05, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

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