I am quite impressed, it must be said. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 6 January 2016 at 17:17, Lane Rasberry <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow! > > So far as I know, this is the first time an online music service has > premiered with an offering of classical music, bird songs, and national > anthems. That is a great representation of Wikimedia Commons! > > This is really cool! > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Wilfredor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Wikiradio* is a real-time audio service transmitted via the Internet. >> This service offers various stations, covering all genres of music and even >> including recordings of Wikipedia articles on different languages, all of >> which are available on Wikimedia Commons. Each sound is chosen by the >> community to be highlighted as some of the finest work on Wikipedia and the >> Wikimedia Commons. >> >> What is Wikiradio? >> >> Rather than listening to several audio files in Wikimedia Commons, which >> require clicking "play" one after another on each one, the wikiradio >> <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiradio> tools works not as a radio >> streaming service, but instead as a synchronized (with UTC time) set of >> tracks so that everybody can hear at the same time, simulating a radio. >> How I can add my station?[edit >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiradio_(tool)&action=edit§ion=2> >> ] >> >> 1. Create a page in meta with your dayparting >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayparting> with your music list like >> *[[Wikiradio >> (tool)/playlist/<my_Station>]]*ej: for clasic music station we have >> Wikiradio >> (tool)/playlist/classic >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiradio_(tool)/playlist/classic> >> 2. Edit the Template:Wikiradio (tool)/stations >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikiradio_(tool)/stations> and >> add your station like *{{RadioUrl|<my_station>|<My_station>}}*,ej, >> for classic music we have {{RadioUrl|classic|Classic}} >> 3. Ready, now you can listen your music in wikiradio >> <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiradio> !! >> >> *Note:* Alternatively, you can archive your dayparting and ask for an >> administrator to protect those pages.How work Wikiradio software? >> >> Wikiradio load javascript pages dynamically from meta pages to make the >> dayparting. This is thus in order that the community can choose the music >> to be placed in these pages. Please edit the page of the station when you >> want hear your music. >> >> Some ideas for stations include the spoken Wikipedia >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/spoken_Wikipedia> audios, music by >> genre <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_music> and >> topics like ambient audio >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sounds_of_nature>. But we >> can do it better. Hourly, a signal is heard >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Busy_tone_(France).ogg> to warn >> about o'clock hours, like a real radio :p. Even better we could add a "You >> are listening wikiradio, the free radio" spoken message every half hour, >> and other stuff. >> >> Each radio station load a dayparting from a wikipage in meta like >> "Wikiradio (tool)/playlist/<my_radio_station>" (ej: Wikiradio >> (tool)/playlist/classic >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiradio_(tool)/playlist/classic>) and >> it could be archived. >> >> Finally, the main station could use music to fill the gaps of a daily >> radio programming based on Wikimania conferences, wiki podcasts, etc. So, >> what do you think? Your help is welcome, picking new tracks for any station >> or suggesting your ideas. Thanks. (Soure here >> <https://github.com/emijrp/wikiradio>) >> See also >> >> - WikiRadio stations >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiRadio_stations> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > > -- > Lane Rasberry > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > 206.801.0814 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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