Listen to Wikipedia

Listen to WikipediaScreenshot of Listen to Wikipedia showing a new user bar, the visualisation in the form of circles, and textual information of recent changes in English Wikipedia

Developer(s)| Stephen LaPorte, Mahmoud Hashemi
Repository| listen.hatnote.com
Written in| JavaScript and HTML
License| 3-clause BSD license
Website| No URL found. Please specify a URL here or add one to Wikidata.

Listen to Wikipedia is a multimedia visualizer developed by Mahmoud Hashemi and Stephen LaPorte which translates recent Wikipedia edits into a display of visuals and sounds. The open source software application creates a real-time statistical graphic with sound from contributions to Wikipedia from around the world. To accomplish this, L2W uses the graphics library D3.js.[1]

The project won Silver in the Interactive Visualization category of the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards in 2013.[2] The concept of Listen to Wikipedia is based on BitListen, originally known as Listen to Bitcoin, by Maximillian Laumaister.[3][4]

## Contents

* 1 Presentation
* 1.1 Audio
* 1.2 Visuals
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## Presentation

Listen to Wikipedia exhibited at the University of Virginia

### Audio

Each edit produces a note in the pentatonic scale.[5] The bell-like sounds of a celesta correspond to edits with a net addition of content to Wikipedia, and the strums of a clavichord correspond to net subtractions of content. The pitch is inversely proportional to the size of the edit (lower pitched notes are produced by larger edits).[6] Newly registered Wikipedia users are welcomed by a string chord.[7][4]

### Visuals

Each edit creates a circle of one of three colors: white for registered users, green for unregistered users, and violet for Wikipedia bots. The size of a circle is proportional to the magnitude of change executed by the edit; larger circles are produced by larger edits.[4] The name of the article edited is displayed in the center of the circle. Clicking on the text opens a Wikipedia page in a new tab in the user's browser, showing the revision. A blue bar at the top of the screen will appear whenever a new Wikipedia user is registered, listing their username. At the bottom left corner, there is a bar showing the number of edits per minute.

## References

1. ↑ "Listen to Wikipedia" (in en). August 30, 2013. https://blog.hatnote.com/post/56856315107/listen-to-wikipedia.
2. ↑ "Information is Beautiful Awards Entry for Listen to Wikipedia". https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/228-listen-to-wikipedia.
3. ↑ "Listen to Wikipedia – Wikimedia blog". July 30, 2013. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/30/listen-to-wikipedia/.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hashemi, Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud. "Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia". http://listen.hatnote.com/.
5. ↑ Wilson, Mark (August 23, 2013). "Listen To The Orchestra Of Users Updating Wikipedia". Fast Company. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673265/listen-to-the-orchestra-of-users-updating-wikipedia#1.
6. ↑ "Listen To Wikipedia: Engineers Translate Edits Into Sound". NPR. https://www.npr.org/2016/04/13/474120884/listen-to-wikipedia-engineers-translate-edits-into-sound.
7. ↑ Seifert, Dan (August 9, 2013). "Fall asleep to the sound of Wikipedia". The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/9/4607240/fall-asleep-to-the-sound-of-wikipedia.

## External links

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* Stephen LaPorte, Mahmoud Hashemi, Listen to Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation blog, July 30, 2013

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Wikipedia

Overview
(Outline)|

* Censorship
* Conflict-of-interest editing
* Criticism
* gender bias
* ideological bias
* racial bias
* Deletionism and inclusionism
* MediaWiki
* Notability
* Reliability
* Vandalism
* Predictions of the project's end

Community|

* Administrators
* AfroCrowd
* Arbitration Committee
* Citation needed
* Edit-a-thon
* "Ignore all rules" policy
* List of Wikipedias
* The Signpost
* Wikipedian in residence
* WikiConference North America
* Wikimania
* WikiProject
* Women in Red

People|

* Florence Devouard
* Sue Gardner
* James Heilman
* Katherine Maher
* Magnus Manske
* Erik Möller
* Ira Brad Matetsky
* Larry Sanger
* María Sefidari
* Lila Tretikov
* Jimmy Wales
* Wikipedians
* Wikimedian of the Year

History|

* Bomis
* Logo
* Controversies
* U.S. Congressional staff edits
* Essjay controversy
* Seigenthaler biography incident
* Henryk Batuta hoax
* Jar'Edo Wens hoax
* Internet Watch Foundation
* Scientology
* Italian Wikipedia blackout
* English Wikipedia blackout
* Hillsborough Wikipedia posts
* MyWikiBiz
* Lsjbot
* VisualEditor
* Art+Feminism
* #1Lib1Ref

Honors|

* 2008 Quadriga award
* Wikipedia Monument
* 2015 Erasmus Prize
* 2015 Princess of Asturias Award

References
and analysis|

* Cultural
* Bibliography
* Films
* Academic studies
* Listen to Wikipedia
* Wiki-Watch
* Wikipediocracy
* WikiScanner
* Wikipedia Review

Mobile access|

* Apps
* QRpedia
* Wapedia
* WikiNodes
* Wikipedia Zero
* Wikiwand

Content use|

* Books LLC
* Boundless (company)
* DBpedia
* Deletionpedia
* Kiwix
* WikiReader
* Science information
* Health information

Similar projects|

* Interpedia
* Nupedia
* Citizendium
* Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español
* Everipedia
* Veropedia
* List of online encyclopedias
* List of wikis

Related|

* Wikimedia Foundation
* Wikimedia movement
* The Iraq War: A Historiography of Wikipedia Changelogs
* Print Wikipedia
* Magna Carta (An Embroidery)
* 274301 Wikipedia
* Viola wikipedia

* List
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