Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia/Template guidelines

Once you've uploaded the file, you'll need to add a couple of templates to the article in question so people can find and listen to your recording.

Templates for the article

Normal template

Listen to this page (info/dl)

This audio file was created from a revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the page. (Audio help)

More spoken pages

For a normal recording, add the following template to the "External links" section:

{{Spoken Wikipedia|FileName.ogg|YYYY-MM-DD}}

(Remember to update the date when uploading a newer version.)

Template for multiple-recordings

Listen to this article (2 parts) · (info)

Part 1 • Part 2

This audio file was created from a revision dated 2005-04-18, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the page. (Audio help)

More spoken pages

If the reading is broken up into multiple parts, add the following template to the "External links" section:

{{Spoken Wikipedia-n|YYYY-MM-DD|FileName (part 1).ogg|FileName (part 2).ogg|...}}

Please remember to replace the n in the template with the number of parts the recording is split into. The template will allow for a maximum of 5 parts.

Template for recordings about another page

Listen to the main article: Doctor Who theme music · (info)

This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-10-07, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. (Audio help)

More spoken articles

If the reading is of a page summarised in another article (e.g., a portal page), add the following template to the "External links" section:

{{Spoken Wikipedia Main|FileName.ogg|YYYY-MM-DD|Main article name}}

Templates for the article's talk page

Main template

For the top of the article's talk page, add one of the following templates:

{{Talk Spoken Wikipedia|FileName.ogg}}

The spoken word version of this page is part of WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia, an attempt to produce recordings of Wikipedia articles. To participate, visit the project page.

Alternative template

To specify which version of the article was recorded, instead add this template. Remember to change oldid to the id number of the revision which you recorded from.

{{Talk Spoken Wikipedia id|FileName.ogg|oldid}}

The spoken word version of this revision (diff) of this article is part of WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia, an attempt to produce recordings of Wikipedia articles being read aloud. If you would like to participate, visit the project page, where you can join the project and find out how to contribute.