User:Thrownfootfalls/Spoken articles
Article collection
Here are all the spoken articles that I've uploaded, or am in the process of recording and uploading. They're arranged thematically, but can be sorted with the wee arrows.
| Article | Quality | "Vital" level | Spoken version | Duration | Date recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euclid | 
|
3 | audio file | 0:12:42 | 30 September 2020 |
| Antarctica | 
|
3 | audio file | 1:03:08 | 21 December 2023 |
| Pigeonhole principle |
|
5 | audio file | 0:23:59 | 5 June 2021 |
| Introduction to general relativity |
|
5 | audio file | 0:49:23 | 9 May 2021 |
| Solar system |
|
2 | audio file | 1:02:07 | 31 May 2021 |
| Sun |
|
2 | audio file | 1:28:35 | 7 June 2021 |
| Earth |
|
1 | audio file | 1:09:46 | 22 April 2021 |
| Climate change |
|
3 | audio file | 1:16:23 | 30 October 2021 |
| Human | 
|
1 | audio file | 1:16:02 | 11 January 2022 |
| Logic |
|
2 | audio file | 1:08:36 | 4 November 2023 |
| Sustainable energy |
|
5 | audio file | 0:58:29 | 10 January 2022 |
Article recording goals
The following is a slightly out-of-date and long-winded description of how I prioritise the recordings, and may not make sense for a while. It's been moved to this page so that I don't have to edit too many pages at once when I do a new recording – after all, there are enough steps required without adding even more of my own!
I'd like as many of the important and high-quality articles as possible to have up-to-date recorded versions, mainly using the lists of vital articles as a guideline.
Method
To help navigate the vast sea of articles, and different ways of prioritising them, I used this points system. Every article gets between 0 and 5 points for three different things: the quality of the article, the "level" of the article according to the vital articles lists, and the age of any current recording.
Give articles a score from each column, and add them up. For example, Dinosaur is a featured article (5 points), a level 3 vital article (3 points), and has a recording from 2005 that is at least 10 years old (4 points). So, the article gets 5+3+4=12 points.
| Score | Quality | Vitality | Current recording |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | FA |
Level 1 | Non-existent |
| 4 | GA or  A-class |
Level 2 | 10+ years old |
| 3 | B-class |
Level 3 | 8-9 years old |
| 2 |  C-class |
Level 4 | 6-7 years old |
| 1 |  Start |
Level 5 | 4-5 years old |
| 0 |  Stub |
unlisted | 0-3 years old |
Note that this method is limited: age is not the only guide to whether a current recording is up to scratch, and many non-"vital" articles are still worth recording. Furthermore, it becomes a questionable guide for articles that have ten points or less.
Note also that I'm not going to try too hard to keep this list up to date if vital articles shift around in importance or quality rating, though I may do so occasionally. I'll probably update it when I do a recording myself, but might miss someone else doing one. If this list somehow became important for people doing recordings, instead of a personal checklist, then I'd look into automating it and/or paying more attention.
15 points
Every featured article in the top 10.
Earth (recorded 2021) is the only one!
14 points
Every featured article in the top 100, and every good or A-class article in the top 10.
Moon is in progress!
Sea is still unrecorded.
Evolution and Language were both recorded in 2005, and could do with an update.
Solar System,Sun and Human have recent recordings now.
13 points
Featured articles in the top 1000, good or A-class articles in the top 100, and B+ articles in the top 10
- Unrecorded:
Augustus, William the Conqueror, Joan of Arc, Vladimir Lenin, Nelson Mandela, Murasaki Shikibu, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Richard Wagner, Hippocrates, Charles Darwin, Niels Bohr, Leonhard Euler, Emmy Noether, Vincent van Gogh, Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Ancient Egypt, Maya civilization, Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, Tang dynasty, Antarctica, Australia, India, Japan, Atheism, Olympic Games, Influenza, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Galaxy, Planet, Star, Supernova, Electron, Speed of light, Bacteria, Amphibian, Bird, Primate, Rodent, Fungus, Virus, Immune system, Genetics, Metabolism, Periodic table, Oxygen, Tornado, Tropical cyclone, Wind, π, Logarithm, Entertainment, Agriculture, Astronomy, Climate, Biology, Anatomy, Ecology, Animal, Electricity, 
Life, Mathematics, Science, Technology - Recorded: Jesus (2013), Mary Wollstonecraft (2007), William Shakespeare (2008), The Beatles (2015), Michael Jackson (2018), Shen Kuo (2007), Archimedes (2009), Han dynasty (2016), British Empire (2014), Canada (2008), Germany (2008), Association football (2007), Saturn (2010), Archaea (2020), Dinosaur (2005), DNA (2007), Hydrogen (2006), Universe (2012), Human history (2005), Climate change (2021)
And so on
If I followed this pattern one more step, we'd be looking at all the featured articles in the top 10000, good/A-class in the top 1000, B+ articles in the top 100, and C+ articles in the top 10 (i.e. the whole list). That being said, it'd already be far too much for one person to make their way through on any feasible timescale, and the lists are so long (496 articles the last time I counted) that it'd not be all that motivating anyway. At this point, I'd be more likely to go for e.g. all of the featured top-importance articles as rated by one specific WikiProject.
Some subject areas look a bit sad and empty right now, so I'd like to give them some attention:
- History: Prehistory and Post-classical history
- Geography: Continents and regions, Terrestrial features
- Everyday life: Family and kinship, Household items, and aspects of the "Sexuality and gender" section that *aren't* just about sexual activity
- Biology: Plants, and other non-animal organisms
- Mathematics as a whole
Furthermore, sometimes I just need to do an article that's short and refreshing, or personally interesting, y'know? :)
All that being said...
I definitely don't have the "rights" to any of the pages listed above, so unless someone has indicated on the page of current recordings that a recording is already in progress, then by all means go ahead and record it yourself!