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

1. TITLE: Title of the oral history, if one exists
2. TRANS-TITLE: Translated title of the oral history, if the original is not in English
3. FIRST: First name of the speaker

1. LAST: Last name of the speaker

1. SUBJECT-LINK: Wikipedia article about the speaker, if it exists

1. INTERVIEWER: Name of the person interviewing the speaker, if present

1. LANGUAGE: Language of the oral history
2. URL: link to a web version
3. TYPE: type of item (e.g. recording, transcript)
4. ITEMID: unique object identifier where it exists
5. DATE: Date of creation, e.g. "May 8, 1924"
6. COLLECTION: Name of collection or project, if relevant
7. INSTITUTION: Name of institution holding the history, if relevant
8. LOCATION: Physical location of institution

1. QUOTE: relevant text quoted from the source

1. NOTE: other information as relevant

Example markup

{{cite oral history |title= |first= |last= |subject-link = |interviewer = |language = |url = |type = |itemid= |date= |collection = |institution = |location = |quote= |note= |ref=}}

Displays as:

• 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.