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Dispatches

Sounds

Sounds on Wikipedia are somewhat neglected: while large teams of individuals scout out visual images for our articles, many of the most important public-domain musical compositions lack any sort of recording; few speeches, even if a public domain recording exist, have been uploaded; and almost no animals have recordings of their distinctive cries.

In this occasional series, we'll walk you through the use of sound files on Wikipedia, and how you can overcome any problems.

In this first article, we discuss how to put a sound in an article, suggest where to find freely licensed sounds, and introduce you to the Featured Sounds process. It presumes a basic knowledge of how things are set up in Wikipedia, such as how to include images in an article. It will be helpful if you have used at least one template before, such as an infobox or one of the citation templates.

Let's begin!