Quixada
I further edited the Scott Yanow article, and took off the POV tag. I am still a little wary, as pretty clearly much of the text came from a biased source, but what do you do. dfrankow 00:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't think the project is specifically for the sight-impaired. Although they would certainly benefit from spoken articles, I would expect that they would also already have a speech synthesizer. Which program did you use to read the article? There may also be copyright issues with using the program's output. I did overstate somewhat in calling the no-synthesis issue a 'general consensus'. The issue has been brought up several times (1, 2, 3), but was not discussed as thoroughly as I thought. If you think that synthesized recordings should be included, I encourage you to bring it up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia and hopefully we can work out the logical reasons for/against. Thanks -SCEhardT 14:39, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry; it may seem counterintuitive, but the MBROLA project license ("Permission is granted to use this Program for non-commercial, non-military purposes...") goes against Wikipedia content policy (see {{noncommercial}}), Images/Media CSD section, part 3). I do agree that having synthesized article versions might be of some benefit, but I'm not currently convinced that the quality is worth the effort. Additionally, if they are added, I think they should have their own listing separate from the current spoken article project. Please let me know whether you agree the file should be deleted or if you would like me to list it for discussion at WP:PUI. Thanks -SCEhardT 21:37, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
That sounds like a good idea to me - I'd say go ahead and upload the new file and seek feedback at the Spoken project; that should be a good place to find editors interested Wikipedia's audio aspects. (Note that most of the discussion occurs here not here) -SCEhardT 03:44, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Quixada. If this is a matter of the repeated insertion of obviously inappropriate material (commerical or otherwise), one possible route would be to treat it as vandalism rather than an edit dispute and use Wikipedia's methods for vandal-fighting. Wikipedia has a number of vandal-fighting tools that tou can use. To warn vandals in accordance with the Vandalism and Blocking policies, you can add the progressively more severe warning templates {{test1}}, {{test2}}, {{test3}}, and {{test4}} to a vandal's talk page (one or more warning levels can be skipped for severe and obvious vandalism). Please add the article vandalized. If you warn them and they repeat, you can report vandals to Wikipedia's vandal-blocking noticeboard WP:AIV using the {{vandal|user}} or {{ipvandal|IPaddress}} templates. Also, If more is happening than you can handle yourself or you need help, you can also report ongoing vandalism or ask for help on WP:AN to bring the article to administrators' attention and try to get some intervention. WP:VANDAL#Dealing with vandalism has some additional steps that can be taken. Also, Wikipedia has a policy called the three revert rule (WP:3RR)which states that users who repeatedly revert material (more than 3 times in 24 hours) will be blocked, this is reported at WP:AN3RR and can also be used against repeat vandals. Does this help? Best, --Shirahadasha 03:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Quixada. I'm looking into the editing of the Artificial ski slopes article. The intention is to settle the matter to the satisfaction of the editors involved. I have set up a place on Talk:Artificial ski slopes for editors to give their thoughts. You may also contact me on my talk page or by email. Regards. SilkTork 08:35, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
The article in now under protection. Thanks for the alert. I am closing the case and would appreciate you completing the followup form. I will keep an eye on the article to make sure nothing bad happens in the future. Regards. SilkTork 23:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
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