Wikipédia:Esplanada/propostas/Wiki Speaks Your Language (13jan2017)

Hello all and sorry for writing this message in English. It is my pleasure to inform you about the launch of the Wiki Speaks Your Language initiative with the goal of enriching the Wikimedia projects with freely licenced 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 the freely licenced audio (and video) files: 1) by adapting existing audio and video files on Wikimedia Commons (mostly from the Spoken Wikipedia projects), 2) by liberating existing audio and video files from the repositories of GLAM and educational institutions, and 3) by engaging Wikimedia communities, GLAM and educational institutions in the recording of new audio and video files.

In the first phase of the initiative, the easiest way to start is by working with the resources we already have and therefore my proposal and kind request to the Portuguese Wikipedia community is to get involved in adapting existing videos from the Wikipédia audível. There are some useful tips on what the existing files should be adapted to. Since Portuguese has different varieties that our readers would be willing to explore, it would be very useful if the authors of the files also indicate the varieties (e.g. European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese etc.). The adapted files should be categorised under "Category:Wiki Speaks Portuguese" (or "Category:Wiki Speaks European Portuguese", "Category:Wiki Speaks Brazilian Portuguese" etc.) and added to the list of languages.

Best regards.--Kiril Simeonovski (discussão) 00h13min de 13 de janeiro de 2017 (UTC)