Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/June 2010

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Lady Windermere's Fan[edit]

Lady Windermere's Fan - Act One

Lady Windermere receives guests in the morning room.

Lady Windermere's Fan - Act Two

Lady Windermere's coming of age ball.

Lady Windermere's Fan - Act Three

Events unfold in Lord Darlington's rooms.

Lady Windermere's Fan - Act Four

The conclusion.

It's the only example of a recorded drama production on Wikipedia, performed to professional standard, and a fitting illustration to the article on Oscar Wilde's classic play, Lady Windermere's Fan. It also reuses the Wichita State University recordings of The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) as an ambient and dramatic soundtrack, which are current featured sounds on Wikipedia.

Nominate and support. I would love more people to hear it, and for other people to produce such things and license them for the world to enjoy. FergusRossFerrier (talk) 04:27, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support --- Sound quality is excellent, and encyclopedic value is very high. A brilliant contribution to Wikipedia! NotFromUtrecht (talk) 07:58, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Echo NotFromUtrecht. Excellent recordings! Maedin\^talk 16:45, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted:

Oscar_Wilde - Lady_Windermere's Fan - Act I.ogg

Oscar_Wilde - Lady Windermere's Fan - Act II.ogg

Oscar_Wilde - Lady Windermere's Fan - Act_III.ogg

Oscar_Wilde - Lady Windermere's Fan - Act_IV.ogg

Jujutacular ^T · C 21:09, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cat purring[edit]

Domestic cat purring

"Whiskers", a domestic cat (Felis catus), purring. At the end, we hear her demand more petting, and less having microphones shoved in her face.

Edit by X!

Domestic cat purring

"Whiskers", a domestic cat (Felis catus), purring.

I decided to try my own hand at recording of wildlife, and having a few animals to hand...

Nominate and support. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 210 FCs served} 23:03, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Great idea for a sound, and close to purrfect, but around seconds 2-3 it sounds a bit blown out. Staxringold _talk^contribs 02:09, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very realistic. Edison (talk) 19:09, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support per Staxringold. Might want to make mention of the cry sound at the end, as well. upstate NYer 03:42, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 213 FCs served} 03:46, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The sound should be shortened to leave the cry part out. Thue | talk 12:52, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Dosen't do it for me, especially the cry at the end. It also seems that the cat is too close to the microphone, because it seems like I am catching extra reverberations. Nezzadar ☎ 21:05, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional support if you cut off the cat's cry at the end of the file. But the purring sound is really funny (really silimar to human's snoring)--Caspian blue 21:37, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have done a little editing to the file. I've cut out the cry at the end, and I worked a little magic to make the second purr less dramatic. (X! · talk) · @674 · 15:11, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit. (X! · talk) · @674 · 15:11, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit Jujutacular ^T · C 18:49, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support edited version, nice idea for a sound. — The Earwig @ 22:46, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit — Coffee // have a cup // ark // 01:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit Good idea and good quality. --Potatis invalido (talk) 12:57, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Whiskers'_purr_edit.ogg --Bencherlite ^Talk 16:51, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:God Defend New Zealand instrumental.ogg[edit]

The national anthem of the nation of New Zealand, as performed by the United States Navy.

The national anthem of New Zealand, a well composed piece with no quality issues and high EV to the article God Defend New Zealand. Probably could also be added into the article for New Zealand too. Created by the U.S. Navy.

Nominate and support. Nezzadar ☎ 15:10, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support~~ (see convo below) Excellent quality and supports the article very well. Jujutacular ^T · C 18:37, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Are we sure on the freedom of this file? Definitely good quality, but the source reads: "The music files on this website are intended for official use by Department of Defense and U.S. government offices only. Exceptions to this policy will be considered on a case-by-case basis." If it's PD it's PD, but that doesn't seem like what you'd say for a PD file. Staxringold _talk^contribs 05:59, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing that depends on if this qualifies as a "work of the federal government" (See WP:PD#U.S. government works). It's not exactly clear. Jujutacular ^T · C 06:34, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My opinion is that the navy is the navy. It was made by the navy, so its PD. Nezzadar [SPEAK] 22:34, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unless I see good argument otherwise, I'd have to agree with Nezzadar. Under "Feedback" at the Navy site [1] there is an email listed. Maybe we should enquire at WP:OTRS? Jujutacular ^T · C 23:38, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hosted on the Navy site does not equal created by the Navy. That page does not say it was performed by the Navy band. It's only PD-Navy if produced by Navy members in performance of their duties. Staxringold _talk^contribs 20:54, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hadn't even occurred to me, good catch. Unless we can confirm it was recorded by the navy, I don't think we can promote this. Jujutacular ^T · C 22:20, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have email confirmation that these are made by the US Navy Band and that they are in the public domain. I sent that email to OTRS and it at ticket number 2009102710061312. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 04:07, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support Neat then. Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:55, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support, given the confirmation. I've added this confirmation to the file description page. Jujutacular ^T · C 00:06, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support as the uploader. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 00:14, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support, any reason why this can't be closed as successful? Bencherlite ^Talk 22:31, 22 June 2010 (UTC) Struck; if I had know that it was open to me to promote, I would have done so[reply]

Promote God Defend New Zealand instrumental.ogg. Bencherlite ^Talk 16:54, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]