Commons:Wikiboses

Wikiboses is a repository of voices and literature of native speakers in the Philippines. This project aims to create a collection of audio recordings that can be utilized by students, teachers, and other researchers in the field of Philippine languages and literature. This is an initiative project of Wiki Advocates of the Philippines in partnership with local writers and writers organizations to preserve language and build an online storage wherein everyone can have access to the audio files.

Wikiboses Project: Repository of Philippine Voices and Literature

Activities

Carrying out the Project

The Wikiboses project was done to provide a free online source of voices and literature in the Philippines. The aim is to preserve the language while also reaching out to writers and different Philippine-language speakers to contribute to Wikiprojects, specifically the Wikimedia Commons in this instance. At its initial stage, we were able to gather a few contributions but what was considered a hindrance to its full success was the commitment of the volunteers.

Community Targeting

A community of writers from the Philippines has already been notified beforehand. But this time, we will need to boost the campaign and make this known to a wider audience, either on social media or printed media. Most of the contributors we are prospecting will be coming from outside wiki instead of the usual editors since this project does not entirely involve editan -a-thon but more on contributions of free-licensed audio recordings.

Follow-up with Participants

At the end of the project, we are looking at having more contributions from diverse languages in the Philippines. These contributors will also have first-hand experience on Wikimedia Commons uploading feature since they would need to upload their entries by themselves. Criteria for the best three entries will be included in the official announcement during the launch of this project.

Impact

Targets:

A better user interface of the Wikiboses. The entries will be categorized alphabetically and by language.
A collection of 30-50 voices and literature from different parts of the Philippines.
More pageviews of the landing page and edit traffic on Wikimedia Commons during the duration of the project.
Free audio content from notable writers and artists in the Philippines and link them to their Wikipedia pages.

Partnerships

At its first call for contributions, this project opted to collaborate with writers organizations and un-affiliated writers in order to gather the first batch of recordings.

Collection of Voices and Literature

Albay Bikol
Name	Title	Genre	Audio File	Photo
Borlagdan, Jaime Jesus	Yuddhistira, Hudyan na Tugon	Poetry	Yuddhistira Hudyan na Tugon

Bikol Central
Name	Title	Genre	Audio File
Berido, Roxanne E.	Insiriktus	Poetry	Insiriktus
Bulahan, Julius D.	Shawarma an Saimong Pagkamoot	Poetry	Shawarma an Saimong Pagkamoot
Celada, Jan	Údto , Ulî	Poetry	Údto , Ulî
Diaz, Anthony B.	An mga Dai Napipila na Lugad sa Dila	Poetry	An-mga-Dai-Napipila-na-Lugad-sa-Dila
Misolas, Jusan	Palain-lain sa Tataramon na Turog, Mga Apolitikal na Intelektwal	Poetry - Translation	Palain-lain-sa-Tataramon-na-Turog Mga Apolitikal na Intelektwal
Nierva, Victor Dennis T.	Pagsakay sa tren	Poetry	Pagsakay sa Tren

Bikol Rinconada
Name	Title	Genre	Audio File	Photo
Celada, Jan	Urasâ	Poetry	Urasâ

Cebuano
Name	Title	Genre	Audio File
Garay, Jovanie	Anino sa Lim-aw	Balak (Poetry)	Anino sa Lim-aw
Lecena, Hannah Adtoon	Ig agaw	Flash Fiction	Ig agaw
Murillo, Arth Jay	Kamatayon, Panan-aw	Balak (Poetry)	Kamatayon, Panan-aw

Hiligaynon
Name	Title	Genre	Audio File	Photo
Navarro, Jhio Jan	Kay ang Tuba Nagabahal kon Maagahan	Poetry	Kay ang Tuba Nagabahal kon Maagahan
Pregonir, Adrian Medina	Panumbungon sang Kasisidmon sa Takepan	Binalaybay	Panumbungon sang Kasisidmon sa Takepan

Tagalog
Name	Title	Genre	Audio File
Abilong, Clinton D.	Maliban	Poetry (Tagalog)	Maliban
Monteseña, Francisco Rey A.	Sa Lahat ng Hindi Naituturo	Tula	Sa Lahat ng Hindi Naituturo
Pariña, Mark Ace Geno C.	Walang Umiiral na Siyensiya sa Kahabaan ng Espanya, Pamamaalam sa Lahat ng Hinggil Saiyo, Ang Lunas ay Walang Paghilom	Tula	Walang Umiiral na Siyensiya sa Kahabaan ng Espanya Pamamaalam sa Lahat ng Hinggil Saiyo Ang Lunas ay Walang Paghilom