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| name = Listen to Wikipedia
| screenshot = Screen Shot Listen to Wikipedia.png
| website = {{url|http://listen.hatnote.com}}
| license = [[3-clause BSD license]]
}}
'''Listen to Wikipedia''', also known as '''L2W''' Or '''Hatnote: Listen To Wikipedia''' , is a multimedia visualizer developed by Mahmoud Hashemi and Stephen LaPorte, which translates [[Special:RecentChanges|recent Wikipedia edits]] into a display of visuals and sounds. The [[Open-source software|open source]] [[Software|software application]] creates a real-time [[statistical graphics|statistical graphic]] with sound from contributions to Wikipedia from around the world. To accomplish this, L2W uses the graphics library [[D3.js]].<ref>[http://blog.hatnote.com/post/56856315107/listen-to-wikipedia ''Listen to Wikipedia''], ''blog.hatnote.com'', Retrieved 27 August 2013.</ref>
The concept of Listen to Wikipedia is based on [[BitListen]], originally known as Listen to [[Bitcoin]], an application by [[Maximillian Laumeister]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/30/listen-to-wikipedia/|title=Listen to Wikipedia – Wikimedia blog|access-date=2016-06-23}}</ref><ref name=l2w>{{Cite web|url=http://listen.hatnote.com/|title=Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia|last=Hashemi|first=Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud|website=listen.hatnote.com|access-date=2016-06-23}}</ref>
==Presentation==
[[File:Listen to Wikipedia display in Data Science Institute at the University of Virginia.jpg||thumb|right|''Listen to Wikipedia'' exhibited in a university]]
===Audio===
Each edit produces an orchestral sound in the [[pentatonic scale]].<ref name="fastcodesign">[http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673265/listen-to-the-orchestra-of-users-updating-wikipedia#1 ''Listen To The Orchestra Of Users Updating Wikipedia''], ''fastcodesign.com'', Retrieved 27 August 2013.</ref> The bell-like sounds of a [[celesta]] correspond to the additions of content to Wikipedia, and the strings of a [[clavichord]] show the subtractions. The [[Pitch (music)|pitch]] of the sound is determined by the size of the edit, with larger edits producing deeper notes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/04/13/474120884/listen-to-wikipedia-engineers-translate-edits-into-sound|title=Listen To Wikipedia: Engineers Translate Edits Into Sound|website=NPR.org|access-date=2016-06-15}}</ref> A new Wikipedia user is welcomed by a [[violin]] [[Chord (music)|chord]].
===Visual===
Each edit creates a circle of one of three colors: white for edits by registered users, green for edits by non-registered users, and violet for edits by bots. The size of a circle is determined by the size of the edit, with larger edits producing larger circles.<ref name=l2w></ref> Clicking on the display text will open a new page in the user's browser showing the revision marked on the website.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Portal|internet}}
* {{Official site|http://listen.hatnote.com/}}
* Stephen LaPorte, Mahmoud Hashemi, [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/30/listen-to-wikipedia/ ''Listen to Wikipedia''], [[Wikimedia Foundation]] blog, 30 July 2013
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[[Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard]]
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
[[Category:Data visualization software]]
[[Category:Software using the BSD license]]
| name = Listen to Wikipedia
| screenshot = Screen Shot Listen to Wikipedia.png
| website = {{url|http://listen.hatnote.com}}
| license = [[3-clause BSD license]]
}}
'''Listen to Wikipedia''', also known as '''L2W''' Or '''Hatnote: Listen To Wikipedia''' , is a multimedia visualizer developed by Mahmoud Hashemi and Stephen LaPorte, which translates [[Special:RecentChanges|recent Wikipedia edits]] into a display of visuals and sounds. The [[Open-source software|open source]] [[Software|software application]] creates a real-time [[statistical graphics|statistical graphic]] with sound from contributions to Wikipedia from around the world. To accomplish this, L2W uses the graphics library [[D3.js]].<ref>[http://blog.hatnote.com/post/56856315107/listen-to-wikipedia ''Listen to Wikipedia''], ''blog.hatnote.com'', Retrieved 27 August 2013.</ref>
The concept of Listen to Wikipedia is based on [[BitListen]], originally known as Listen to [[Bitcoin]], an application by [[Maximillian Laumeister]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/30/listen-to-wikipedia/|title=Listen to Wikipedia – Wikimedia blog|access-date=2016-06-23}}</ref><ref name=l2w>{{Cite web|url=http://listen.hatnote.com/|title=Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia|last=Hashemi|first=Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud|website=listen.hatnote.com|access-date=2016-06-23}}</ref>
==Presentation==
[[File:Listen to Wikipedia display in Data Science Institute at the University of Virginia.jpg||thumb|right|''Listen to Wikipedia'' exhibited in a university]]
===Audio===
Each edit produces an orchestral sound in the [[pentatonic scale]].<ref name="fastcodesign">[http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673265/listen-to-the-orchestra-of-users-updating-wikipedia#1 ''Listen To The Orchestra Of Users Updating Wikipedia''], ''fastcodesign.com'', Retrieved 27 August 2013.</ref> The bell-like sounds of a [[celesta]] correspond to the additions of content to Wikipedia, and the strings of a [[clavichord]] show the subtractions. The [[Pitch (music)|pitch]] of the sound is determined by the size of the edit, with larger edits producing deeper notes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/04/13/474120884/listen-to-wikipedia-engineers-translate-edits-into-sound|title=Listen To Wikipedia: Engineers Translate Edits Into Sound|website=NPR.org|access-date=2016-06-15}}</ref> A new Wikipedia user is welcomed by a [[violin]] [[Chord (music)|chord]].
===Visual===
Each edit creates a circle of one of three colors: white for edits by registered users, green for edits by non-registered users, and violet for edits by bots. The size of a circle is determined by the size of the edit, with larger edits producing larger circles.<ref name=l2w></ref> Clicking on the display text will open a new page in the user's browser showing the revision marked on the website.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Portal|internet}}
* {{Official site|http://listen.hatnote.com/}}
* Stephen LaPorte, Mahmoud Hashemi, [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/30/listen-to-wikipedia/ ''Listen to Wikipedia''], [[Wikimedia Foundation]] blog, 30 July 2013
<!--- Categories --->
[[Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard]]
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
[[Category:Data visualization software]]
[[Category:Software using the BSD license]]
