Thank you! I love this! <3 On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> (at least on my inbox, this does not seem to have made it to Wikimedia-l, > so forwarding.) > > A. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Wilfredor <wilfre...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:59 AM > Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikiradio > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < > wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > *Wikiradio* is a real-time audio service transmitted via the Internet. This > service offers various stations, covering all genres of music and even > including recordings of Wikipedia articles on different languages, all of > which are available on Wikimedia Commons. Each sound is chosen by the > community to be highlighted as some of the finest work on Wikipedia and the > Wikimedia Commons. > > What is Wikiradio? > > Rather than listening to several audio files in Wikimedia Commons, which > require clicking "play" one after another on each one, the wikiradio > <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiradio> tools works not as a radio streaming > service, but instead as a synchronized (with UTC time) set of tracks so > that everybody can hear at the same time, simulating a radio. > How I can add my station?[edit > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiradio_(tool)&action=edit§ion=2 > > > ] > > 1. Create a page in meta with your dayparting > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayparting> with your music list > like *[[Wikiradio > (tool)/playlist/<my_Station>]]*ej: for clasic music station we have > Wikiradio > (tool)/playlist/classic > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiradio_(tool)/playlist/classic> > 2. Edit the Template:Wikiradio (tool)/stations > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikiradio_(tool)/stations> > and > add your station like *{{RadioUrl|<my_station>|<My_station>}}*,ej, for > classic music we have {{RadioUrl|classic|Classic}} > 3. Ready, now you can listen your music in wikiradio > <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiradio> !! > > *Note:* Alternatively, you can archive your dayparting and ask for an > administrator to protect those pages.How work Wikiradio software? > > Wikiradio load javascript pages dynamically from meta pages to make the > dayparting. This is thus in order that the community can choose the music > to be placed in these pages. Please edit the page of the station when you > want hear your music. > > Some ideas for stations include the spoken Wikipedia > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/spoken_Wikipedia> audios, music by > genre > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_music> and > topics like ambient audio > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sounds_of_nature>. But we can > do it better. Hourly, a signal is heard > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Busy_tone_(France).ogg> to warn > about > o'clock hours, like a real radio :p. Even better we could add a "You are > listening wikiradio, the free radio" spoken message every half hour, and > other stuff. > > Each radio station load a dayparting from a wikipage in meta like > "Wikiradio (tool)/playlist/<my_radio_station>" (ej: Wikiradio > (tool)/playlist/classic > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiradio_(tool)/playlist/classic>) and > it > could be archived. > > Finally, the main station could use music to fill the gaps of a daily radio > programming based on Wikimania conferences, wiki podcasts, etc. So, what do > you think? Your help is welcome, picking new tracks for any station or > suggesting your ideas. Thanks. (Soure here > <https://github.com/emijrp/wikiradio>) > See also > > - WikiRadio stations > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiRadio_stations> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- *Abbey Ripstra* Lead Design Researcher \\ Wikimedia Foundation M +1 773 412 7463 Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
