Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Archivists/Oral

This is a draft for a proposed Wikipedia article template for oral histories. Its purpose is to standardize how oral histories are presented on Wikipedia, and to make adding links more straightforward.

Proposed fields

 * 1) TITLE: Title of the oral history, if one exists
 * 2) TRANS-TITLE: Translated title of the oral history, if the original is not in English
 * 3) FIRST: First name of the speaker


 * 1) LAST: Last name of the speaker


 * 1) SUBJECT-LINK: Wikipedia article about the speaker, if it exists


 * 1) INTERVIEWER: Name of the person interviewing the speaker, if present


 * 1) LANGUAGE: Language of the oral history
 * 2) URL: link to a web version
 * 3) TYPE: type of item (e.g. recording, transcript)
 * 4) ITEMID: unique object identifier where it exists
 * 5) DATE: Date of creation, e.g. "May 8, 1924"
 * 6) COLLECTION: Name of collection or project, if relevant
 * 7) INSTITUTION: Name of institution holding the history, if relevant
 * 8) LOCATION: Physical location of institution


 * 1) QUOTE: relevant text quoted from the source


 * 1) NOTE: other information as relevant

Displays as:

 * Herriman, Damon. "Playing Dewey Crowe on 'Justified'" (2016) [Audio recording]. Interviewed by Lorna Lesley. Canberra: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. NFSA Title 1297053.