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== Marking of articles ==
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But for consistency with existing practice, shouldn't it be the other way around? The [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured articles]] page has an image {{spoken}} for spoken articles, and bold for appearance on the main page. I think this page should follow the established tradition, or else it can get kind of confusing. — [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 13:07, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
**I agree, and was considering implementing the change last week, but decided it was too much effort at the time. [[User:Steinsky|Joe D]] [[User talk:Steinsky|(t)]] 08:46, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
== Collaspable Template ==
Hi, iv been thinking, cant we put these pages in collasping templates?
it would make it a lot easier to browse the page
and different versions ''could'' be added to the articles themselfs
let me know your thoughts
[[User:Sghfdhdfghdfgfd|Sghfdhdfghdfgfd]] ([[User talk:Sghfdhdfghdfgfd|talk]]) 15:43, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
== Redundant Info ==
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i added the hear it links because im from germany and would like to use this files to learn speaking and hearing english but my downloadmanager can only catch directlinking files and noone who have a site before. For the actually status i must write an extra ripper :|
I hope the use of this file is ok for wikipedia?<small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:84.146.210.136|84.146.210.136]] ([[User talk:84.146.210.136|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/84.146.210.136|contribs]]) {{{2|}}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
:I've reverted the new format because it would make the page too unwieldy if it was applied to all the spoken articles. If you need special formatting for your download manager, I'd suggest registering an account and using your User Page to make the formatted list. Thanks -[[User:SCEhardt|<fontspan colorstyle="color:blue;">SCEhard</fontspan>]][[User talk:SCEhardt|<fontb colorstyle="color:#3D9140;"><b>T</b></font>]] 03:50, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
::look at the german page. You have there a more better overview as here! It likes bad is uninformativ and stupid for downloadmanager or people who want not have a second page to hear it. You must click 2 Links to hear it!
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Who makes these recordings, and how can we request that an article is spoken? -[[User:codingmasters|007bond]] aka [[User talk:codingmasters|Matthew G]] aka [[Special:contributions/codingmasters|codingmasters]] 21:53, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
:Hi - check out [[:Category:Spoken Wikipedia requests]]; there is a request template there. Also, the main project page is [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia]] -[[User:SCEhardt|<fontspan colorstyle="color:blue;">SCEhard</fontspan>]][[User talk:SCEhardt|<fontb colorstyle="color:#3D9140;"><b>T</b></font>]] 17:46, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
==Where==
The new icon for oggs is acquard, fussy, and ''dreadful''. Where is the forum for discussing this. Thanks. [[User:Ceoil|Ceoil]] 19:55, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
:This isn't really an issue specific to this project (see [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Multi-listen_item|uses of the multi-listen template]], and I'm sure there are others). I'd suggest bringing up the issue at the [[Wikipedia:Village pump|village pump]]. -[[User:SCEhardt|<fontspan colorstyle="color:blue;">SCEhard</fontspan>]][[User talk:SCEhardt|<fontb colorstyle="color:#3D9140;"><b>T</b></font>]] 22:31, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
==Hidden categories discussion==
There is a discussion underway at [[Wikipedia talk:Categorization#Hidden categories]] concerning what kinds of categories should be hidden (using the new HIDDENCAT magic word). For the moment it is proposed that hiding be applied to all categories which classify the article rather than the article subject (i.e. maintenance cats, stub cats, etc. ''and this category''). Please weigh in. --[[User:Kotniski|Kotniski]] ([[User talk:Kotniski|talk]]) 08:55, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
:I think this should be a hidden category, but I'm not sure where/how to 'weigh in' on that page. —[[User:Scoutersig|Scouter]][[User talk:Scoutersig|Sig]] 23:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
::This is a category for visitors, not just for maintenance doing Wikipedians, so I would suggest to keep it visible. [[User:Jcbos|Jcbos]] ([[User talk:Jcbos|talk]]) 20:32, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
==podcast of articles==
how can i add these spoken articles to podcast of iTunes <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/59.94.151.182|59.94.151.182]] ([[User talk:59.94.151.182|talk]]) 11:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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:Of course it's not! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia#Benefits]] <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Temporal Fugitive|Temporal Fugitive]] ([[User talk:Temporal Fugitive|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Temporal Fugitive|contribs]]) 15:05, 22 February 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Collaspable Template ==
Hi, iv been thinking, cant we put these pages in collasping templates?
it would make it a lot easier to browse the page
and different versions ''could'' be added to the articles themselfs
let me know your thoughts
[[User:Sghfdhdfghdfgfd|Sghfdhdfghdfgfd]] ([[User talk:Sghfdhdfghdfgfd|talk]]) 15:43, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
== How about Text To Speech? ==
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:: I think that there is a need in a special category for automatically created audio files., e.g. [[:Category:Text to speech spoken articles]]. -- [[User:AKA MBG|Andrew Krizhanovsky]] ([[User talk:AKA MBG|talk]]) 05:46, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
::: I just tried listening to "Syston". I don't like this artificial voice at all. It grates on the ears, unpleasant. [[User:Axl|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#808000;">'''Axl'''</fontspan>]] <fontspan colorstyle="color:#3CB371;">¤</fontspan> <small>[[User talk:Axl|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#808000; font-size:smaller;">[Talk]</fontspan>]]</small> 09:39, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
::: This sounds just like every other text to speech software. Halting, grating and terrible. Wait 5 years and maybe google will finally get it right.--[[User:RaptorHunter|RaptorHunter]] ([[User talk:RaptorHunter|talk]]) 18:04, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
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== 'versity? ==
I think that this project would be useful at [[v: |Wikiversity]]. It's sometimes easier to learn when listening to stuff, and it will be a great aid for visually impaired students, as many coursebooks aren't in braille. Thoughts? [[User:Manishearth|<fontspan colorstyle="color:orange;">Manish</fontspan><fontspan colorstyle="color:green;">''Earth''</fontspan>]]<sup>[[User talk:Manishearth|<fontspan colorstyle="color:orange;">Talk</fontspan>]] • [[Special:Contributions/Manishearth|<fontspan colorstyle="color:green;">Stalk</fontspan>]]</sup> 05:56, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
== Computer Generated ==
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T2S and all other computer generated articles should either have their own section or their entries should be distinct enough to be able to tell that that's what they are without having to open them. If no objections arise, I shall proceed with making their entries distinct (I'm thinking underlined gray). [[User:Temporal Fugitive|Temporal Fugitive]] ([[User talk:Temporal Fugitive|talk]]) 07:45, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Done. Hope I didn't miss anything! [[User:Temporal Fugitive|Temporal Fugitive]] ([[User talk:Temporal Fugitive|talk]]) 10:18, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
==Indications of substantial change==
There are many spoken articles that no longer bear even the slightest resemblance to the current text version. I think those articles (eg [[dinosaur]]) should be indicated in the list. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#00b0000bb;">Serendi</fontspan>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup><font colorstyle="color:#b00bb0000;">pod</font></sup>]]<font color="#00b">[[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous]]</fontspan>]]</b> 20:12, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
: Goog idea. It may be the number as superscript which indicates number of years passed after the recording. E.g. the article Wikipedia<sup>3</sup> was recorded 3 years ago. -- [[User:AKA MBG|Andrew Krizhanovsky]] ([[User talk:AKA MBG|talk]]) 17:32, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
== Subcategorization by dialect ==
Please consider providing subcategories according the dialects of the speakers narrating the articles. This request is prompted by a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AReference_desk%2FLanguage&action=historysubmit&diff=400022857&oldid=400022631 question] in a discussion at [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language]]. (This talk page is on my watchlist, and I will watch here for a reply or replies.) <br>
—[[User:Wavelength|Wavelength]] ([[User talk:Wavelength|talk]]) 06:38, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
== Spoken articles missed in the list ==
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== Computer generated audio? ==
The audio [[:File:Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College.ogg]] is very similar to the computer generated audio. If it is true, then it should be <span style="background:#D8D8D8"><fontspan colorstyle="color:#585858;">Grayed out</fontspan></span>.
English native speakers, please, check it. -- [[User:AKA MBG|Andrew Krizhanovsky]] ([[User talk:AKA MBG|talk]]) 06:59, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
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::: [[User:Andy Dingley|Andy Dingley]] ([[User talk:Andy Dingley|talk]]) 11:17, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
::::{{ping|Andy Dingley}} That's very true not every article requested is important and it does increase the work load significantly. I recordt the short, silly article just for the fun of it, so it's all in good fun. [[User:ThatGirlTayler|ThatGirlTayler]] ([[User talk:ThatGirlTayler|talk]]) 16:42, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
:::::{{ping|Andy Dingley}} Most of the requested articles have been removed per [[Category talk:Spoken Wikipedia requests#Cleaning out unsuitable articles]]. --[[User:Walk Like an Egyptian|Walk Like an Egyptian]] ([[User talk:Walk Like an Egyptian|talk]]) 20:50, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
::::::{{ping|Andy Dingley|Lionsdude148|SparklingPessimist}} Pinged all three of you to let you know that there has been a huge reduction in the amount of spoken articles requested. --[[User:Walk Like an Egyptian|Walk Like an Egyptian]] ([[User talk:Walk Like an Egyptian|talk]]) 10:49, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
:::::::Just now getting back into wikipedia editing and I am very pleased to see that the amount of spoken article requests have been reduced. Thank you! [[User:SparklingPessimist|<span style="color: aquamarine">Sparkling</span><span style="color: turquoise">Pessimist</span>]] [[User talk:SparklingPessimist|<small><sup><span style="color: purple">''Scream at me!''</span></sup></small>]] 07:36, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
== "The the" ==
Many articles use this template when the first word of the article title is "The" which leads, unfortunately, to an unnecessary repeat of "the". Can someone please fix this or at least tell me why you can't [[user:Jodosma|Jodosma]] [[user talk:Jodosma|(talk)]] 20:42, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
== Any way to ask for a spoken article to be updated/re-recorded? ==
There appear to be articles that were recorded as spoken articles many years ago where the pages have likely changed significantly since and need re-recording. Is there any way to highlight this? If not I think it would be handy if we could implement a way to highlight outdated spoken articles (perhaps a new template?). For example the spoken article for the [[Avril Lavigne]] page has not been updated in over 9 years. [[User:Helper201|Helper201]] ([[User talk:Helper201|talk]]) 22:07, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
: That would be great! I don't know how to do that. There are audio recordings going all the way back to 2006. Right now we have a limited amount of people recording audio so it's difficult to field requests. [[User:Peppage|Peppage]] ([[User talk:Peppage|talk]]) 04:37, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
*Unfortunately, many of the present recordings are that old or older. Most editors are going to prioritize recording entirely unrecorded pages before updating pages that need re-recording. <span style="color:#AAA"><small>{{u|</small><span style="border-radius:9em;padding:0 5px;background:#088">[[User:Sdkb|<span style="color:#FFF">'''Sdkb'''</span>]]</span><small>}}</small></span> <sup>[[User talk:Sdkb|'''talk''']]</sup> 09:02, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
== "please ask the project coordinator" ==
This is not even a project page per se. I have removed the text <code><nowiki>"If you have more questions, please ask the project coordinator, {{u|Galendalia}} on their [[User talk:Galendalia|talk page]]."</nowiki></code> from the prominent box at the top of the page, because of concerns about [[WP:OWN|ownership of content]] and Wikipedia's [[WP:5P3|third pillar]]. There has been some discussion about this at [[User talk:Galendalia]], and I would be surprised if there is consensus for adding this text, after all what has been discussed. If anyone else than the "project coordinator" agrees to include the text, I'd be surprised. [[User:ToBeFree|~ ToBeFree]] ([[User talk:ToBeFree|talk]]) 11:08, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
== Adding the year to recording links ==
I edited one of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia/List guidelines|list guidelines]], encouraging people to include the year of their recordings to this page when they add them, and I programmatically added the year to the majority of the recordings already here. (Specifically, I added all the ones which had a date format that I could easily get my code to recognise). With a little more work I could finish the job, coding to recognise some more formats, then doing any remaining troublemakers manually. However, before pressing on too far, I want to make sure people are on board with this!
There have been a few requests over the years from people wanting to identify which recordings are out-of-date, and I think this could help with that. Have a look yourself at the ones that are up to see if it seems helpful. I'm feeling a bit cautious because the page I edited is aimed at readers, whereas this change is definitely motivated by editing; however, the information could be useful to readers too, who may want to know when a recording's from.
I first tried adding the whole date, but that made the page look too cluttered, and so I think including only the year is a good compromise. (Even if it's a bit harsh on articles uploaded in December!)
Looking ahead: it could be even more useful to get more accurate measures of how much an article has changed – e.g. detecting how much the actual text of the article has changed since the recording, or whether the article has become good/featured quality since the recording was made – but that would take time and (probably) a bot, and just the date may be enough for now. (Such changes would need a seperate page, too, since all the info would clutter this one up a bit, and it'd be harder to justify the value to non-editors.)
[[User:Thrownfootfalls|Thrownfootfalls]] ([[User talk:Thrownfootfalls|talk]]) 18:57, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
:I completely agree with you. The article's contents at the time of recording should be checked against the current article and a percent difference should be calculated. However, an audit of the information might be more useful and a drive (if this was an active project) to replace those recordings.
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:As it stands now, with the project having so few recordings, newer recordings are more valuable so I don't know how useful redoing the recording is.
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:I don't personally have a need for the year but I also don't mind it's there. I don't know if it's obvious what the year means when you first land on the page and skip the intro text as everyone probably does. It wouldn't block someone finding articles though. [[User:Peppage|Peppage]] ([[User talk:Peppage|talk]]) 04:25, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
*Showing a year really does help to see how old the recording is. Should I/we work to retrofit the missing years based from the file dates? — [[User:GhostInTheMachine|GhostInTheMachine]] <sup>[[User talk:GhostInTheMachine|talk to me]]</sup> 11:38, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
::Peppage – Yeah, though I think the date (and, ideally, percentage similarity) is useful information to factor in when choosing a recording, among other factors, but I definitely wouldn't suggest re-doing a recording *just because* it already has one, especially when the project is this quiet.
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::GhostInTheMachine – I don't think it's a high priority to fill in the rest of the dates, but there's also not much of a reason not to if you want to. :)
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::[[User:Thrownfootfalls|Thrownfootfalls]] ([[User talk:Thrownfootfalls|talk]]) 19:50, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
== Reorganisation of categories ==
I think the page could do with a restructure, to make it easier to navigate for listeners, and to make it easier for editors to know where to put their recordings. I have a draft for one almost ready to go on my sandbox [[User:Thrownfootfalls/sandbox/Wikipedia:Spoken_Articles_(reorganisation)|(feel free to have a look here)]], but since it's a substantial change, I thought I should flag it up early instead of surprising everyone.
This started off as I was trying to shift around a few of the recordings for more consistent organisation. Then, seeing how pages like [[Wikipedia:Contents]] and [[Wikipedia:Vital_articles]] are organised, I started using them as guidance, and, well, one thing led to another. (This is what happens when you're keen to work on recordings, but your neighbours are doing DIY all day...)
I could understand that people might be attached to this layout, and as a relative newcomer I might not be aware of its advantages. Nevertheless, I reckon it's a good move to change it now, since it brings the structure more in line with other such overviews within the encyclopedia, and when the list on this page grows further, many of those other pages will provide a useful example for how to manage that structure. Lastly, I personally find the proposed structure easier to navigate, though I'm definitely happy to be disagreed with on that point! At the very least, I think having a separate "People" section is a very useful and unambiguous category.
[[User:Thrownfootfalls|Thrownfootfalls]] ([[User talk:Thrownfootfalls|talk]]) 21:49, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
:What issues are the changes solving? There's still some confusion where some items should go. For example, [[Monofilament fishing line]], [[Research & Development Establishment (Engineers)]], and [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]]. If we're going to make sweeping changes like this then we should identify the problems. I'm not sure many readers use this page since it's difficult to find which ones are new from the last visit. I expect most find the recording on the article they're interested in.
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:I have a few questions,
:* Is the unsorted a placeholder or permanent?
:* Are the headers not in alphabetical order for a reason?
:* At this point isn't "Everyday life", society, culture, and internet culture all the same thing?
:* Should Biology be a sub-header or should we move up animals and plants to the same level and remove it?
:* Are the history divisions too difficult for editors to place an article? (I base a lot of my decision where to place an article on which WikiProjects are on the talk page)
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:Some of the changes are good. It does make it easier for editors to know where to add people which is nice. A separate people section for every header would be enough? Especially renaming it from biographies. Journalism needs its own section to differentiate it from literature. I like the Physical sciences too.
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:So you know, the original organization is based on the [[WP:FA]] and [[WP:GA]] lists.
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:[[User:Peppage|Peppage]] ([[User talk:Peppage|talk]]) 04:13, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
::The main issue's a subjective one, which is why I thought I should edit cautiously: I personally find that a more hierarchical system makes it easier to see related articles, and to identify gaps where subjects don't have many recordings. Obviously it doesn't (and couldn't) resolve every ambiguity. At the very least, I find it easier to have fewer, broader headings (like Physical Sciences), which are then divided into smaller subheadings.
::The main reason it changes so much is this: when was struggling to adapt the current system, I tried using the [[Wikipedia:Vital Articles]] system as a model instead, because it was similar to a lot of the other methods of categorisation I had come across, and because following an existing example felt like a better idea than inventing yet another system by myself.
::Regarding the questions:
::* "Unsorted" was definitely a placeholder, as were the ugly <<extra notes like this>> on the page. (Both are gone now.) Some of the "General" or "Miscellaneous" categories that are still there are still quite loosely defined, but that could still be good if someone who's done a recording knows what broad category an article should be in, but isn't able to pinpoint it.
::* The headers are in the same order I found them in over at the vital articles pages. I think the rationale is to keep similar things together (the broadest categories first, then ones relating to people and society, then science and technology), but I'm only speculating. Many of the subheaders are currently in quite an arbitrary order, and it would make sense to alphabetise them. (And within each category, I can definitely re-alphabetise the articles that have been knocked out of order!)
::* The distinction between "Everyday life" and "Culture" is from the vital articles again, and admittedly it seemed a bit arbitrary to me too – or worse, it felt like it was sorting everything into "low-brow" and "high-brow" concepts. For the sake of consistency, I decided not to tamper with it. There were enough articles that fell under "internet culture" that it seemed worth its own subheading. Some of it makes sense, though admittedly other parts (like "culture" especially) are a bit of a grab-bag, even if not as much as they were.
::* Re: biology, animals and plants: I'm not sure which levels you're suggesting moving things to, but I don't expect there's a major problem either way. Unless it's a more fundamental issue than I realise, this could be figured out afterwards.
::* As for the history subdivisions, I thought it made sense to split it up a bit because of the large number of recorded history articles. Most of them are sorted by period, which I feel *should* be easy enough to manage if the subheadings have appropriate names. (I personally would have found "medieval" more intuitive than "post-classical", but on the other hand, that's because of my own European perspective that ignores world history as a whole.) There was originally another category, "History by subject", but there weren't any recorded articles that seemed to fit into that right now.
::Thanks for pointing me towards the source of the organisation! I hadn't seen anything similarly organised before, but there's a lot I've not seen.
::Anyway, in short: I think I should branch off some "People" subheadings as you said, and that it's worth splitting up some of the very long sections into appropriate subsections (and if the ones I used for history don't work well for other people, then something else that works better). Though the other suggested changes appeal a lot to me personally, I'll hold back unless they get stronger support.
::(What would a good heading for the people subsections be, though, if not "___ biographies"? "War people" and "Music people" and so on sounds fun but a bit silly, and e.g. "Musicians" would exclude music producers, etc.)
::[[User:Thrownfootfalls|Thrownfootfalls]] ([[User talk:Thrownfootfalls|talk]]) 19:32, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
== Linking to commons ==
Helllo, I completed my first recording which is found in the music section. However I seemed to mess up the upload part because it has a page on here but a duplicate on Commons. I looked at the instructions on [[WP:CMF]] but this seems to be from an older version, made me more confused. The recording itself is okay. I know for the future I will just use Commons...
Is there a way u can delete the other version? Thanks [[User:Grey.vs.gray|Grey.vs.gray]] ([[User talk:Grey.vs.gray|talk]]) 00:11, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
== Poetry ==
<nowiki>Is there an place in this project (or another project) for people like me who have been recording the poems that are in some articles? ~~~</nowiki> [[User:Back ache|Back ache]] ([[User talk:Back ache|talk]]) 11:46, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
* @[[User:Back ache|Back ache]], the poems usually are presented in the Wikisource. I recorded several audio files with poems, uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and added links to Russian Wikisource. See, for example,
* [[s:ru:Воздушный корабль (Лермонтов)]] — my voice, poem by [[Mikhail Lermontov|Lermontov]] in Russian Wikisource. I think the same thing is possible in English Wikisource.
* [[s:ru:Скрут (Саша Чёрный)]] — kids poetry, poem by [[Sasha Chorny]], voice of my children years ago + some music with free license. --[[User:AKA MBG|Andrew Krizhanovsky]] ([[User talk:AKA MBG|talk]]) 21:18, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
== Music for spoken articles ==
Welcome to use the following collection of music files with free licenses (Creative Commons BY, CC BY-SA, and similar licenses):
* [https://academictorrents.com/details/3dc75c809c528b32b77d3081af3542892c85529b Open License Music 2008-2013 (Jamendo)] — this torrent at [[Academic Torrents]] contains music with free license, which could be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons or incorporated into your spoken version of audio article. --[[User:AKA MBG|Andrew Krizhanovsky]] ([[User talk:AKA MBG|talk]]) 21:29, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
== Science category ==
The categories are very disorganized. Shouldn't there be a category for Science? Not all Science is Biology or Physics. [[User:Alanasings|Alanasings]] ([[User talk:Alanasings|talk]]) 20:45, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
:Let's see, in terms of both hard and soft sciences, we already have categories for:
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Art,_architecture_and_archaeology|Archaeology]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Biology|Biology]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Chemistry_and_mineralogy|Chemistry and mineralogy]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Computing|Computer science]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Geology_and_geophysics|Geology and geophysics]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Health_and_medicine|Health and medicine]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Language_and_linguistics|Linguistics]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Mathematics|Mathematics]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Physics_and_astronomy|Physics and astronomy]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Politics_and_government|Political science]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Psychology|Psychology]]
:* [[Wikipedia:Spoken_articles#Technology|Technology]]
:Certainly more than just "biology and physics".
:These categories already do a good job of categorizing science related articles. Placing them all in one absurdly broad "Science" category would be pointless. — [[User:Toast for Teddy|Toast for Teddy]] ([[User talk:Toast for Teddy|talk]]) 21:22, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
::Noted. Thank you. [[User:Alanasings|Alanasings]] ([[User talk:Alanasings|talk]]) 17:40, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
::''Rip Currents'' should go under which category? I am leaning toward Physics? [[User:Alanasings|Alanasings]] ([[User talk:Alanasings|talk]]) 17:08, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
== Simple English Wikipedia? ==
Could spoken versions of articles be created for Simple English Wikipedia and/or other languages? I am interested in creating spoken audio files over there. It seems like spoken articles would be particularly useful there. Thoughts, anyone? [[User:Alanasings|Alanasings]] ([[User talk:Alanasings|talk]]) 20:14, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
== Abiogenesis audio files? ==
Abiogenesis is listed here, but the article does not seem to have the audio files attached to it? Should it be removed from the list of Spoken articles? [[User:Alanasings|Alanasings]] ([[User talk:Alanasings|talk]]) 20:43, 11 September 2023 (UTC)