As we all know right now uploading an audio file is only possible in .ogg format.

In my GSOC project , i plan on adding *.wav support* to commons ,since its not patent encumbered i think it should be fine

Context: "Pronunciation Recording Extension" https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rahul21/Gsoc

Relevant bugs :
32135 − WAV audio support via TimedMediaHandler
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32135>

20252 − Support for WAV and AIFF by converting files to FLAC automatically
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https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20252>

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Jean-Frédéric