Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/JFK Establishment of the Peace Corps

JFK Establishment of the Peace Corps
This speech describes John F. Kennedy's original intentions at the time of the announcement of the March 1, 1961 signing of Executive Order 10924 which marked the establishment of the Peace Corps. The transcript is available at the source. This file adds significantly to the following articles:


 * Executive order (United States)
 * List of United States federal executive orders
 * John F. Kennedy
 * Peace Corps


 * Nominate and support edit. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:24, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

This is a great find! Starts out good in the beginning, but all the clinking in the background should be fixed as well as possible. --haha169 (talk) 04:35, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Comments WP:FS?: The speech isn't that old or unique that I wonder if a version can't be found with the hissing and clicks removed. WP?#4 The FSC caption is insufficient. Tell us something interesting about the audio, what significance it has etc, otherwise you'll be hard pressed to get anyone interested in it. FS?#5: The file descriptions are pretty weak. "John Fitzgerald Kennedy speach announcing the establshment of the Peace Corps" doesn't tell us anything more than the file name (and there are two typos). Please give us more details on the contents. Are there any details on where it was recorded? Have any edits been made to the files to remove pops or clicks, to reduce audience applause and other background noise? Transcripts would be good, even though the aren't required by the FS?. If these audio files "contribute significantly", then will the deaf and hard of hearing have trouble understanding the topic of the article without the transcripts? Matthewedwards :  Chat  05:38, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Honestly, this sort of thing is relatively easy to edit yourself. I'll have a go on Monday, and post instructions as to what I did. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:19, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but from the discussions at WT:FSC, I assumed Tony might not have the software to do it. Matthewedwards : Chat  01:45, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * What kind of software is necessary?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:01, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Try Audacity. I use Goldwave but its shareware. Audacity is open source. Matthewedwards : Chat  16:17, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I can barely figure out how to convert the file. I don't know what all the gadgets are on that thing. Do you recommend a tutorial?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:27, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * For Audacity I often refer to n:Wikinews:Audio Wikinews/News Briefs/Show/Guide. I've used it only a couple of times, though, so there might be better guides out there. Regards, Matthewedwards : Chat  17:21, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Be warned that Audacity's noise reduction tool can very easily make things sound like it's coming from the bottom of a well. While the advice given there is fine for a modern recording (where there will be very little hiss anyway), with a historic recording, it's absolutely necessary to blend an attempted noise reduction back with the original. It's far better to have some remaining hiss than to ruin the recording (which is why I DREAD when Internet archive starts talking about "GRINDING noises removed" (inevitably capitalised that way), because I'll inevitably be left with some horridly ruined recording, that nothing could be done to save, since they edited out so much of the original using all-or-nothing tools intended to remove a tiny, tiny amount of hiss from a modern recording. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:43, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Here's an edit.

This vastly reduces the hum. I haven't removed the sneezes, which are, at least, authentic. Again, if promoted, it'll need to replace the other in articles. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:13, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Oh, yes. Support edit. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:22, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Support edit Great quality and easy to understand --Guerillero &#124; My Talk  &#124;  Review Me  03:44, 6 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Oppose both Sorry, but that high pitched noise/whine in the background is just too prevalent. Ultimately if I have to choose between not having a featured sound and not getting a migraine, I'm going to choose the second, and in this case you can't have one without the other.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  01:33, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I think that's one of the notes only audible to the very young. =/ Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:38, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Support The edit sounds better. Interesting and it adds to the pages too. Major Bloodnok (talk) 07:47, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Support There is no high pitch sound. Zginder 2011-04-17T01:07Z (UTC)

Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:42, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * What happened to the file?  S ven M anguard   Wha?  02:59, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Got G7'd. — James (Talk • Contribs) • 12:22pm • 02:22, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Would FSC have kept that from happening? Should we put this nom on hold until you can get your file properly posted?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:15, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * G7 means Adam requested that the file get deleted himself.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  16:03, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Soerry, I initially forgot to link, then fixed it, but showed it to Sven on IRC and he said it didn't fix the issue (which I either can't hear or don't understand what to look for), so I asked for it to be deleted. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:56, 11 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Promoted File:JFK Establishment of the Peace Corps edit.ogg — James (Talk • Contribs) • 11:19am • 01:19, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

