On 28/01/2008, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Feel free to add new free content songs to: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Song

None based on "Still Alive"? I'm appalled!

which i will then upload and release under a free license (which ones do you recommend in this case erik?)

*does it have to have a text, or can it also be just nice music? *in case of a text, which one is preferred?

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use GFDL text as a part of Wikipedia song

[In all seriousness, delightful though the thought of someone doing their best shipping-forecast impersonation on the GFDL is...]

Seriously, though, I would like to see the RfA candidate song replaced by something else... not because I don't enjoy that too, but because it seems too inside-jokey for the "hold music".

"SEND MORE MONEY" is always an appropriate message to send out ;-)

"SEND MORE MONEY" is always an appropriate message to send out ;-)

Seriously, though, I would like to see the RfA candidate song replaced by something else... not because I don't enjoy that too, but because it seems too inside-jokey for the "hold music". (Maybe a selection of weird facts, combined with announcements? "If you printed out all the articles on Wikimedia projects, they would fill six dozen toilet tanks. But it will all fit on a DVD..." or "it would take 50 trucks full of crazed weasels running on wheels to provide the energy to keep Wikipedia's servers up for one day... or 100 donations from readers like you.") -Kat not checking the math on this, and especially not going to experimentally verify the energy output of a crazed weasel

I once calculated that it would take six years to read English Wikipedia cover to cover (er... Main Page to Special:Version).

being a composer, i will give it a go this week at writing an original specially for the purpose, which i will then upload and release under a free license (which ones do you recommend in this case erik?)

*does it have to have a text, or can it also be just nice music?

*how long should it be?

On 28/01/2008, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote: The Free Software Song is the obvious choice.

Erik Moeller wrote: There's nothing obvious about that unless your intention is to annoy people. A lot of this elevator music makes me want to hang up. The upbeat stuff is the worst. If people must endure this kind of torture make it low volume Gregorian Chant or meditation music. If I want music I'm quite capable of turning on the radio or starting a CD. Ec _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

We have plenty of classical music that would be available freely, that we could use instead of an irritating jingle.

I'm not much of a musician, but I was disappointed to see that all of the actual music was ripped off from established artists. Don't we have anyone who can write a short song that's free, instead of just having free lyrics to a probably non-free tune?

Hmmm shouldn't we have a song without any lyrics, and a voice saying "Welcome to the Wikimedia Foundation offices. Please hold on, we will answer your call as soon as possible." or something alike. I mean, people calling don't care if they have a funny song with funny lyrics. They want to be sure they've called the right number and someone will answer their call.