Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Historic
![]() The Featured sounds process, which denoted what were considered to be the best sounds in Wikipedia, ceased operation in about November 2011. See Wikipedia:Media for some information on dealing with audio on Wikipedia. For a general list of sounds on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Sound/list. |
Featured sound tools:
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Nominations
Place nominations in this section. Please add new nominations at the top of the list.
Nominations to be closed
Older Nominations with at least two additional support or oppose votes are placed here to closed. Nominations are generally closed when there is a clear majority (i.e. 3/4 or all in support). Please place the oldest nominations at the top of the list.
Nominations for delisting
Nominations that no longer meet the criteria or are of a lower-than-expected standard
Suspended nominations
Nominations that have been suspended pending the resolution of problems (such as copyright)
Templates
{{User Featured Sound|Example.ogg}}
- Userbox{{Featured Sound Barnstar|Text here}}
- Barnstar
Closing procedure
Promoting
- Tool assisted
- Go to X!'s FSC assistant
- Enter the filename of the sound - without the File: prefix - and the subpage name of the nomination - for example, "Foo" for Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Foo - into the relevant sections.
- Follow the instructions
- If a sound file is on commons, insert {{Assessments|enwiki=3|ennom="Subpage Page Name"}} on the commons file page.
- If the file is within the scope of a project that uses the new Featured Media classification place {{Wikiproject "name"|class=FM|importance=NA}} on the file talk page
- Manual
Manual closing instructions
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Not promoted
- Place "'''Not promoted''' ~~~~" at the bottom of the WP:FSC/subpage
- Remove the {{FSC}} tag from the file and any other suggested versions.
- Move the nomination entry to the bottom of the September archive. To do this, move the line {{Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Sound name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
- If the archive is empty add {{FSCArchiveBar}} to the top of the archive.
Delisted
- Place "'''Delisted Example.ogg''' ~~~~" at the bottom of the WP:FSC/subpage:
- Replace the {{FeaturedSound|Sound name}} tag on the file with {{FormerFeaturedSound|Sound name}}.
- Remove the delisted sound from Portal:Featured sounds (if doing a replacement, instead replace with the new file, updating the description as needed) and add it to Wikipedia:Former featured sounds.
- Add a brief note to the nominator's talk page to let them know the result.
- If doing a replacement as well:
- Mark the new featured sound's description page with
{{FS|delist/nomination name}}
. For example, if the delist nomination was Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/delist/Foo, use{{FS|delist/Foo}}
. - Put the new featured sound on Portal:Featured sounds, replacing the old one.
- Replace the old featured sound with the new featured sound in articles, where appropriate. Update the description (if necessary) to cover changes in performers and so on.
- Optional If the new featured sound is substantially different from the old, add the file to Template:Announcements/New featured pages and Wikipedia:Goings-on.
- Optional: If appropriate, notify the uploader of the new featured sound with {{subst:UploadedFS|Filename.ogg|Title for the sound}}
- Mark the new featured sound's description page with
- Move the nomination entry to the bottom of the September archive. To do this, move the line {{Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Sound name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
- If the archive is empty add {{FSCArchiveBar}} to the top of the archive.