Template talk:Spoken article entry

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[edit] Usage

This template is used in the summary of an audio recording (i.e. at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:filename.ogg). The following parameters are used:

title
The name of the article that was recorded
time
The duration of this audio file (in mm:ss format)
user_name
The user name of the person who made the recording
user_name_link
(Optional; alternative to user_name) user_name will create a link to the user page of the user whose name is supplied. If you would rather link somewhere else (e.g. the talk page) or provide multiple links on the same line, specify those here.
date
The date (in YYYY-MM-DD format) of the version that was recorded (since articles change over time)
link_to_recorded_version
A link to the version of the article that was recorded ([Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia/Uploading_guidelines#New_field:_link_to_recorded_version|rationale]])
accent
The accent of the narrator
sex
The sex of the narrator
first_part
(Optional) If the recording is split into a number of parts, and this is not the first part, then first_part should specify the file-name of the first part of the recording (in the form: filename.ogg). Otherwise first_part should not be specified.
next_part
(Optional) If the recording is split into a number of parts, and this is not the last part, then next_part should specify the file-name of the next part of the recording (in the form: filename.ogg). Otherwise next_part should not be specified.

[edit] Examples

[edit] An article in parts

What it looks like What you type
This is the first part of a spoken word version of the article Calvin And Hobbes.
Listen to this part (audio help)
Go to the next part
  • Duration: 22:12
  • Created by: Pokeylicious
  • Date recorded: 2006-01-29
  • Corresponding article version: [{{{link_to_recorded_version}}} Click here to see the article as it was read]
  • Accent: Canadian English

Refer to:

 
{{Spoken article entry
|title=Calvin And Hobbes
|time=22:12
|user_name=Pokeylicious 
|date=2006-01-29
|accent=Canadian English
|sex=Male
|next_part=CalvinAndHobbes2.ogg
|}}
This is part of a spoken word version of the article Calvin And Hobbes.
Listen to this part (audio help)
Go to the first part
Go to the next part
  • Duration: 21:53
  • Created by: Pokeylicious
  • Date recorded: 2006-01-29
  • Corresponding article version: [{{{link_to_recorded_version}}} Click here to see the article as it was read]
  • Accent: Canadian English

Refer to:

 
{{Spoken article entry
|title=Calvin And Hobbes
|time=21:53
|user_name=Pokeylicious 
|date=2006-01-29
|accent=Canadian English
|sex=Male
|first_part=CalvinAndHobbes1.ogg
|next_part=CalvinAndHobbes3.ogg
|}}
This is the last part of a spoken word version of the article Calvin And Hobbes.
Listen to this part (audio help)
Go to the first part
  • Duration: 12:52
  • Created by: Pokeylicious
  • Date recorded: 2006-01-29
  • Corresponding article version: [{{{link_to_recorded_version}}} Click here to see the article as it was read]
  • Accent: Canadian English

Refer to:

 
{{Spoken article entry
|title=Calvin And Hobbes
|time=12:52
|user_name=Pokeylicious 
|date=2006-01-29
|accent=Canadian English
|sex=Male
|first_part=CalvinAndHobbes1.ogg
|}}

[edit] A whole article

What it looks like

This is a spoken word version of the article Cicada.
Listen to this article (audio help)
  • Corresponding article version: [{{{link_to_recorded_version}}} Click here to see the article as it was read]
  • Accent: New Zealand

Refer to:


What you type

{{Spoken article entry
|title=Cicada
|time=8:23
|user_name_link=[[User:T J McKenzie|T J McKenzie]], incorporating [[:Image:New Zealand cicada song.ogg]]
|date=2006-02-15
|accent=New Zealand
|sex=Male
|}}

[edit] Sex parameter

Due to Switchercat's concerns, I have made the sex parameter optional. Please see this discussion about removing it altogether. -SCEhardT 22:28, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Better: http URL, or oldid?

I've added a new field for a link to the version of the article that was recorded. The rationale for this is at [1]. Currently, this field is for a URL. As a computer programmer, of course I can see that the clean way to do this would be to ask people to insert the "oldid" value of the version they made the recording from - but as someone surrounded by non-technical people, I wonder is this an unnecessarily technical thing to ask of non-programmers?

So, should the field ask for a URL (web address), or an oldid? Gronky 21:14, 17 October 2006 (UTC)