Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/JFK inaugural address

This is a recording of the iconic speech made by the United States President John. F Kennedy. This speech is widely quoted in American history (see Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy#Notable passages), including one of the most well known quotes "And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." I feel that it meets all of criteria. Thank you for your time. « Gonzo fan2007 (talkcontribs) @ 01:25, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support—good one! But ...

  • Comment Providing a transcript is (at the moment) a requirement - but featured sounds are such a very "new" project - in terms of throughput, anyway. Should we change the criteria to explicitly allow an exception for very long FSes not needing a full transcription? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:10, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The recording is claimed to be in the PD, but it does not state who recorded it. If anyone other than the goverment than not PD. Zginder 2008-07-09T19:48Z (UTC)
    • Um no offense but the statement "If anyone other than the goverment [sic] than not PD" is wrong, as anyone can place something in the public domain, but that is neither here nor now. This is most definitely a government work and PD, here lists the recording as PD, here shows an audio collection about JFK where the address is included and claims PD (search for "inaugural" and then "public domain), here claims PD (search for "Inaugural Address 1961"). This is a work by a government official (he was made the president before his speech) thus there is no way that the US gov could copyright this. Do you need any other proof that this file is PD? « Gonzo fan2007 (talkcontribs) @ 22:09, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Support could we get all inaugural address that have been recorded and make them FS's? Zginder 2008-07-19T13:06Z (UTC)


Promoted JFK_inaugural_address.ogg - Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 21:05, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]