Hi Kiril,
Wikitongues videos are uploaded primarily in their Youtube channel and only
few of them are under CC-BY-SA license. Although they depend on
crowdsourcing, still it's not a wiki, so the number of uploads are not so
frequent.
On Jan 14, 2017 1:19 AM, "Kiril Simeonovski"
<kiril.simeonovski(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Bodhisattwa,
It is great to know that Wikitounges are working on documenting all
languages in the world under free licence. Their repository may be another
major source for uploads on Wikimedia Commons that will be later used in
Wikipedia articles. Thus, we will achieve the goal of our initiative and
improve the article quality, while they will also benefit from the
increased use of their files.
Best,
Kiril
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 20:30 Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
1) Similar initiative by Wikitongues -
http://wikitongues.org/
2) Some files were uploaded under CC-BY-SA license -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikitongues
On 13 January 2017 at 22:55, Kiril Simeonovski <
kiril.simeonovski(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am pleased to announce the launch of the Wiki Speaks Your Language
[1]
> initiative with the goal of enriching the
Wikimedia projects with
freely
> licensed audio and video files documenting
spoken examples of every
> language, language variety and dialect in the world.
>
> The idea originates from the curiosity of many readers viewing language
> articles not only to read about the language but also to hear how does
it
> sound. In most of the cases, our language
articles lack such files and
> readers usually end up searching videos on YouTube, notwithstanding
that
we
have the capacity as a movement and the resources
to meet their wish.
The initiative lists three possible ways of acquiring freely licensed
audio
and video files:
1) by adapting existing files on Wikimedia Commons (mostly from the
Spoken
Wikipedia projects [2]);
2) by liberating existing files from the repositories of GLAM and
educational institutions; and
3) by engaging Wikimedia communities, GLAM and educational institutions
in
the recording of new files.
In the first phase, the plan is to work with the available resources we
have and adapt the existing videos from the Spoken Wikipedia projects
(there
are some useful tips [3] on what the existing files should be adapted
to).
I will be very thankful if members of this list help in spreading the
word
> about the initiative through other channels to the communities
and`other
parties
in our movement.
Best regards,
Kiril
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Speaks_Your_Language
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisound
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Speaks_Your_
Language/Tips#Qualities_of_files
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