User talk:AKA MBG/Archive 1

List of cycles
Thanks for putting up your excellent list of cycles! Do you mind if I edit the page to include a link to a category in each unchecked cycle (e.g. Category:Communication_design)? This will make checking through them much quicker. Dsp13 (talk) 14:29, 25 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Of course, you can. Thank you. AKA MBG (talk) 14:56, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * This seemed fiddly to do, and since all I wanted was a quick way to go from this page to a given category page, I used the following bookmarklet, which searches for a particular wikipedia category with whatever text is highlighted:

javascript:(function{q=document.getSelection; if(!q){void(q=prompt('Wikipedia keywords:',''))}; if(q)location.href='http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=Category:'+escape(q)})
 * Dsp13 (talk) 23:55, 19 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for useful line of code and new word for me: bookmarklet. AKA MBG (talk) 20:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Any chance of updating the list of cycles? --Rumping (talk) 12:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * It will require to download new dump of English Wikipedia. The chance exists :). I will write it to my todo list. --AKA MBG (talk) 17:58, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * is it still on your todo list? ;) Dsp13 (talk) 00:37, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * OK. Let's wait when new dump will be ready. And I will start download this huge archive :) -- AKA MBG (talk) 09:53, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * fabulous! (Though do you need the whole thing, or only the category membership data?) Dsp13 (talk) 04:40, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


 * My SQL scripts require two tables: page and categorylinks. -- AKA MBG (talk) 13:39, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

OK. Now I have no time for creating "List of cycles". I will die or create Wiktionary parser. I prefer second :) -- AKA MBG (talk) 13:23, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * good luck with the parser! Dsp13 (talk) 20:03, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiLook
Yes, sure. The whole source is inside .xpi file. .Xpi is an renamed .zip format - so you can open it with WinRar or 7Zip etc. The actual source code is an JavaScript. Take a look at WikiLook.js - you will find it inside. We can register SourceForge account...Or you can fork it:) Feel free to contact me by email: dr.vitall (AT] gmail.com P.S. I will make better version by evening - hold your breath:)  TestPilot talk to me!  15:02, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

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RE: Russian language (team-work)
Hi Andrew, now it is my turn to make a late reply, :) Thank you for your message, and thank you for linking to an example of your work.  I'm impressed with it, spoken articles for the English Wikipedia have never been that professional or interesting!  I like the sound effects and music you've added.

I know you suggested History of the Russian language as a possible article to record, but I think the quality is too poor for that at the moment. It seems to need a lot of work, which of course can be done by someone who knows enough Russian! Alternatively, we may be able to find a well-developed and suitable article in Category:Russian language. Let me know what you think, if you still want to go ahead. I hope ru:Россия turned out well for you. Regards,  Mae din \talk 12:21, 15 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, Maedin! Now I am compiling 7-th part of 10 of ru:Россия. I hope that the finish is not too far :)
 * O'key, we can try to find a better article related to Russia language. Though... I am not sure that the huge article will be good for the begin. When I will find something, I will drop you a line. See you Hear you :) -- Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 13:04, 15 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I like the article Russian language. What do you think? -- Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 13:28, 15 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I like it, too, it looks good! I would be happy with that choice, I think.   Mae din \talk 13:35, 15 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Fine :) Then I have the following

Plan:
 * 1) You will record this article with the highest possible bitrate (quality).
 * 2) Send the file(s) to me. Any format is suitable (.ogg, or .mp3, etc.)
 * 3) I will record the Russian words in the article, e.g. the alphabet, some names, etc.
 * 4) I will add some background music in the begin of every section. Then I will upload it to the commons.

Remarks:
 * Don't read the table in the section "Russian_language". (1) It's not interesting. (2) It's impossible :)
 * Don't read the "See also" section and below.
 * Please, make small pauses in the recording, when you see / encounter the Cyrillic text. It will be more simple for me to add the Russian voice.
 * Also, please, make a pause when you see the wikified Russian word, e.g.: "the Volga River (pause)", " in Ryazan Region (pause)", etc. There is no Cyrillic in the text, but I can record Russian pronunciation. I think it will be interesting for the listener.
 * The subsection "Contents"... In English Spoken Wikipedia there is a tradition to record it. But it's not reasonable for such not so big article. IMHO.
 * If you can, then invite your local friends, your family for the recording (e.g. one voice for one section). Because I am sure that the more number of different voices lead to the more interesting article. /in my life it's a good reason to meet with my friends/

I hope, that we will live long life, so we are not limited in the time for this work. :) -- Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 12:22, 16 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Clear and efficient, very good, :) I like your instructions.


 * You've been pretty positive so far, considering that you don't know if my voice/my accent/my microphone is any good or not. So, if it's okay with you, I will record only one or two sections first and send you the files.  That way, you can check that you are happy and let me know if it's worth continuing, and you can give me tips on how I can improve (longer pauses, slower reading, faster reading, etc).


 * I will see if some friends are interested in recording some sections. No guarantee they'll agree though!   Mae din \talk 13:47, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I am agree with you. It's reasonable to start from the small part of the article, e.g. the introduction (before the "Contents").


 * Of course, the voice of friends is optional. Since from my experience, it requires a lot of time and a fortune in order to organize this recording process. :) Good luck! -- Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 17:15, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Spoken wikipedia
hey, got your message on the spoken wikipedia page

i made the 3 files (syston, rearsby and the game).

i left a reply on Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia

Sghfdhdfghdfgfd (talk) 14:03, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Music and Spoken Wikipedia
Thanks for the suggestion to add music to my most recent addition to Spoken Wikipedia. It's much better now! -- Pjf (talk) 18:28, 21 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I think that now the recording is really much better. Fine!
 * I recommend to add the name of the used music composition (with license) to the description of the audio file, in order to escape the blame of using of copyrighted music. See an example of such description after the word "incorporating" in the File:Ru-Russia part 7 Military and Religion.ogg. My format is:

Artist - Album / Composition (License tag)
 * Good luck! -- Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 11:12, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

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"Abiogenesis recording
Thank you so much for your advice. I will fix that. It is pretty tedious! LOL. Thank you so, so much! :D — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marmenta (talk • contribs) 07:24, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Spoken Wikipedia template
Hi. You added to the United States presidential election debates, 2004 article. Unfortunately, it says that '[the] audio file was created from a revision of the "United States presidential election debates, 2004" article dated 2005-06-25', when in fact it was created from the You forgot Poland article, which is now a redirect. Is there any way of adding the correct article name to the template? Scolaire (talk) 11:00, 2 December 2012 (UTC)


 * As I understand, this is very rare case, and it is first in my practice when the text of the spoken article was integrated into other article. I am not a skilled craftsman to change this complex template :( You can post your question to the talk page of Spoken Wikipedia template.
 * It was fun and interesting to know about this failed joke of the president, when I listening this audio file in first time :) -- Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 11:15, 2 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I have posted to the template talk page. I'm not very optimistic, however, because there doesn't seem to be very much activity there (none at all in the last year). Scolaire (talk) 21:31, 2 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you. The most intriguing and fun thing in the Wikipedia, that it is impossible to predict - when and who will improve it :) -- Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 13:14, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

IEG more appropriate?
Hi, Andrew.

I saw your proposal at West.andrew.g's Flow Funding page, and, while Andrew is correct that the Flow Funding program cannot support this work, I do think it's an interesting proposal, and would encourage you to submit it for consideration for funding through the Individual Engagement Grants program. The current round has already closed, but you can start developing your proposal in the Grants IdeaLab and have it in good shape for the next funding round.

Feel free to reach out to grantsadmin AT wikimedia DOT org with questions.

Cheers! Ijon (talk) 23:25, 11 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Ijon, thank you! -- Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 07:37, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

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 * Dear @User:Vanjagenije (in Russian your name means "very clever Vanja" :), you are right. This image will be protected by the laws of Wikipedia, if there is a special section in the article titled for example "The memory about Igor Talkov reflected in the art" (as in Russian Wikipedia now "Память об Игоре Талькове в изобразительном искусстве"). So you will be correct if you will delete this photo. Хорошего дня! (Good day!) --Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 05:30, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

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