Hi everyone,
On behalf of the Sound Logo team of staff and community collaborators, it’s my great pleasure to officially introduce the winning Wikimedia sound logo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sound_Logo_Finalist_VQ97.wav, the sound of all human knowledge. *Read the full story on Diff https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/27/have-you-heard-wikimedia-has-a-sound-logo/ and access translations. *
We invite you to listen and explore https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_sound_logo_submissions more sounds from the contest and to visit the sound logo resource hub on Meta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo to learn more.
Thank you!
Whether we personally use smart audio devices or not, we see–and hear–them everywhere. Preparing Wikimedia content for audio settings and most importantly, doing it in a way that was true to our values and practices, and at the same time fun, was not an easy endeavour. We needed a whole orchestra. Many thanks to the screening team https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/10/31/screening-3235-sound-submissions/ of volunteers, the selection committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal#How_will_the_final_selection_happen?, the dynamic team of community liaisons https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo#Project_team, and you. We are grateful to many of you who took part in on-wiki, virtual, or in-person conversations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo#Community_conversations, listened, shared, voted, or in any other way participated to help bring us to where we are today. With your help, we were able to nurture this initiative https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/03/15/you-cant-see-the-puzzle-globe-on-an-audio-speaker-a-sound-logo-for-wikimedia/, bring it to life, and make it better than originally conceived https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/24/refining-a-global-contest-to-create-the-sound-of-wikimedia/. You can read more about the journey of this project from a novel concept to a global contest https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/09/13/the-call-is-out-wikimedia-sound-logo-contest-launches/ and a community vote https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote on wiki and Diff.
Thank you, very well played.
On behalf of the sound logo team,
Mehrdad
Useful links
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The announcement on Diff + previous communications: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/27/have-you-heard-wikimedia-has-a-sound-l...
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The resource page on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo -
Category on Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_sound_logo_submissions