Hi Robin, I really appreciate the heads up on this, it's good to know that the community is using another useful platform. I didn't know about it, so I will look into it. I wouldn't want to increase / add extra work or move the community away from a project that is already working. I will let Gemma (Wales Coordinator) know as well so she can be kept in the loop.
Best wishes, On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 12:28, Robin Owain <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rupal and thanks for the info. > > You mention Welsh. In Wales we have mainly focused on Mozilla Common Voice > rather than LinguaLibre, a dataset of voice recordings in many languages, > crowd‑sourced, open and free: excellent for speech-to-text, voice > recognition, LLM's etc. Could be mass-uploaded onto Commons. > > LinguaLibre is more of a library of individual words: a linguistic media > library if you like, focused on Wiki projects such as Wiktionary. Jason has > done some work on this. > > Also thousands of placenames audio files were uploaded by WikiMon and by > NLW straight to Commons and used on Wikipedia; in theory, they could also > be added to LinguaLibre, but that would be chasing after your own tail. > > Cofion cynnes > > Robin > > > On 06/10/2025 10:27 BST Rupal Karia <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I hope you are well. This month's mini wiki focuses on languages and > adding structured data to the thousands of images submitted for this year's > Wiki Loves Monuments Competition. > > > > Shwmae Sumae Day ( > https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=wikipedia.org&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvU2h3bWFlX1N1bWFlX0RheSlvbg==&i=NjVhZmE0ZjY3MDExZmY1Y2Q3NDE3Yjhk&t=a1c4WE8rZnk0TmlvZ2t6VXlxaS9YbllTQUNpcktXWGVZMGdkWERjcjI3bz0=&h=8cbf67e0a73741729856e29db5abf07a&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVYKYMCuibOyvoa-5V9XDPxGF2GPznckaM91h1b5NGfijQ > 15th October is a day marked each year in Wales to celebrate and promote > the Welsh language.UNESCO declared 2022-2032 theInternational Decade of > Indigenous Languages ( > https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=unesco.org&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudW5lc2NvLm9yZy9lbi9kZWNhZGVzL2luZGlnZW5vdXMtbGFuZ3VhZ2Vz&i=NjVhZmE0ZjY3MDExZmY1Y2Q3NDE3Yjhk&t=WU9zK1VXMzFIMUxoanFGRWVVYkhpeW0wckQ5QndmUzgyLzN6V2ZSQ2RBND0=&h=8cbf67e0a73741729856e29db5abf07a&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVYKYMCuibOyvoa-5V9XDPxGF2GPznckaM91h1b5NGfijQ), > and one of Wikimedia UK’s strategic aims is to support the development > ofindigenous and other underrepresented languageson Wikimedia projects to > ensure indigenous languages continue to exist and thrive online. > > > > > > There are just a handful of recorded examples of Welsh on Lingua Libre. > So why not record bite size audio recordings onLingua Libre ( > https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=lingualibre.org&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9saW5ndWFsaWJyZS5vcmcvd2lraS9MaW5ndWFMaWJyZTpNYWluX1BhZ2UpdG8=&i=NjVhZmE0ZjY3MDExZmY1Y2Q3NDE3Yjhk&t=dUhObmRYSk9OUThIenhkVzBrNmpyNjg4RG1aVkJFUFJLOUszMHNoZTc2QT0=&h=8cbf67e0a73741729856e29db5abf07a&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVYKYMCuibOyvoa-5V9XDPxGF2GPznckaM91h1b5NGfijQ > help build an openly-licensed resource in Welsh - or any other indigenous > and underrepresented language? > > It’s simple to start using. It will present you with a word to read > aloud, before moving on to the next. The recordings are automatically > uploaded onto Wikimedia Commons, and can then be used on Wiktionary, or to > illustrate proper nouns on Wikipedia articles. They can also be used as > pronunciation guides for language students. You just need your Wikimedia > Commons login to get started. > > Adding Structured Data to Wiki Loves Monuments Images > > Nearly 10,000 images were shared by participants in this year’s Wiki > Loves Monuments competition in the UK! All of these images are shared on an > open license and can be used to illustrate content on Wikipedia and make > articles more instructive and engaging for the reader. > > > > Addingstructured datato these images helps to improve data quality, > usability and increases the possibility of discovering these images. 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