Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Archivists/Oral
This is a draft for a proposed Wikipedia article template for oral histories. Its purpose is to standardize how oral histories are presented on Wikipedia, and to make adding links more straightforward.
Proposed fields
[edit]- TITLE: Title of the oral history, if one exists
- TRANS-TITLE: Translated title of the oral history, if the original is not in English
- FIRST: First name of the speaker
- LAST: Last name of the speaker
- SUBJECT-LINK: Wikipedia article about the speaker, if it exists
- INTERVIEWER: Name of the person interviewing the speaker, if present
- LANGUAGE: Language of the oral history
- URL: link to a web version
- TYPE: type of item (e.g. recording, transcript)
- ITEMID: unique object identifier where it exists
- DATE: Date of creation, e.g. "May 8, 1924"
- COLLECTION: Name of collection or project, if relevant
- INSTITUTION: Name of institution holding the history, if relevant
- LOCATION: Physical location of institution
- QUOTE: relevant text quoted from the source
- NOTE: other information as relevant
Example markup
[edit]{{cite oral history |title= |first= |last= |subject-link = |interviewer = |language = |url = |type = |itemid= |date= |collection = |institution = |location = |quote= |note= |ref=}}
Displays as:
[edit]- Herriman, Damon. "Playing Dewey Crowe on 'Justified'" (2016) [Audio recording]. Interviewed by Lorna Lesley. Canberra: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. NFSA Title 1297053.