Forum:Wiki podcast

This idea was thrown around a few times. Basically, have a monthly, 30-minute or less audio program produced by local wikians about Call of Duty-related things. It could be fun, and would engage the community more. It would also add another medium for opinion and discussion, other than blogs and the oft-forgotten Watercooler. 17:56, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

Discussion
yes. 18:18, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

All my yes. This would be great fun to do - however, how would we choose who gets to appear in the podcast? 18:49, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

Me and Kat used to throw this idea around with each other. We were gonna suggest doing it, the only major roadblock we hit was figuring out how to record ourselves having a natural conversation. But with Skype now an option, whoever does this could just record the Skype conversation. 19:27, November 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * Some segments could be prerecorded. In theory, it could begin à la NPR or BBC news with a brief rundown of major stories, which can make part of the podcast be journalistic. 22:29, November 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * What you could do is load up a Skype conversation AND Audacity, that way both parties would have a recording of what they were saying, all that needs to be done then is have the files merged and it'll be completely natural. There may also be downloads specifically for recording Skype calls. 07:14, November 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * With a quick google search I found this. It could likely work if people want to give it a test run. 07:16, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

^fuq ya -- 20:19, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

I like the idea, sounds really fun. 19:32, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

All my yes 19:35, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

Support - Per all, great idea. Now all we need is a news room with N7 as the anchorman. -- 20:46, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

Yes. Per all. 22:31, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea. As long as everybody who wants to participate can, I think it would be an excellent addition. The Antibrony (talk) 22:36, November 21, 2012 (UTC)The Antibrony


 * ...no?


 * It's meant to be fun; worry not. Although we are the Call of Duty Wiki, so we should at least try to keep some parts of it relevant. 01:47, November 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Just had to ask, given we get the odd user complaining whenever we do anything not CoD related. As long it's fun over pure Call of Duty natter I'm all for it. 02:34, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea. 23:50, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

Sounds fun. I say yes. --Novafan365, master of scrap (talk) 00:18, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

me gusta. 01:50, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

I wholly agree on the grounds that we set up an effective method for recording. I find Skype highly unreliable when it comes to any conversation whatsoever, especially when you have more than, like, 3 people in a group. Doing pre-recorded things beforehand would yeild better results. Joe Copp 01:51, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

It does sound fun. 03:33, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

I kinda wanna hammer out some details, so who would be in the podcast (admins, trusted users, etc.) how many people would there be, and like Joe stated what would be our method of recording effectively? 01:58, November 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Skype is perfect. --KλT 10:43, November 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * I could also set up a Teamspeak server or something similar which we could use. 15:54, November 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Mumble would be easier (and we love open-source things, don't we?). 16:45, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

} - Would this be weekly or monthly? How many people would be in the podcast? I haz questions to ask later :) 08:04, November 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Weekly may be too ambitious. Monthly is easier to organize date(s) for recording. 15:43, November 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Well it could depend how we separate everyone up, it could be possible to do weekly if it's a different group every week. 07:51, November 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * Every other week could work, gives us a little breathing room to plan. 22:33, November 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * Per Red. Having it every other week could make the podcast more current, as in talking about a forum topic as it is going on rather than talking about it when it is finished. 23:21, November 23, 2012 (UTC)

Support C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER on not using Support - I like. --MLGisNot4Me talk 10:34, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

Support; Sounds good to me. 03:52, November 24, 2012 (UTC)

I oppose on two grounds, although these are more concerns than anything. First, I'm concerned the podcasts will quickly be abandoned by those who are charged with working on it, seeing how far our YouTube and Social Network programs have gone. Secondly, if this is a strictly Call of Duty Podcast, we'll run out of any meaningful topics in a relatively short amount of time, and the podcast will be abandoned once again. 08:05, November 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * "seeing how far our Social Network programs have gone." - Well um since me and Damac have been running our Twitter we've gone from 400 followers to 4,400 so to be honest I don't really know what you are talking about. 10:13, November 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * You obviously have never heard me, damac, sactage, cod4, bovell, and madness ramble on for hours on end metl. we never run out of material yo. 10:16, November 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * If we're strictly talking about Call of Duty related material, and these are 30 minute podcasts, any topics on Call of Duty will be gone in several episodes. What would be the biggest priority topics of the show? 20:18, November 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * For one thing, we wouldn't strictly talk about Call of Duty, as has been mentioned several times in this forum. For another, News about Call of Duty comes out almost every day. If this was a monthly, hell even weekly thing, we would have a ton of news to discuss from the past week. 20:30, November 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * YouTube is for videos. Video editing requires talent which is not something every user has, so of course we haven't used the YouTube channel much. In fact we've only had a very small amount of videos made for the Wiki. Also adding on to the "needs talent", a video couldn't be uploaded every week or so, a podcast just needs people to be there. 10:20, November 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * If you really want the YT channel to become active then get someone to learn how to use Flash, then animate each podcast. In a manner similar to . 10:23, November 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * Quick Question: What service would we use to broadcast these episodes? 20:18, November 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you know how long it takes to animate content? There's a reason YT channels that publish animations only bring out one every couple of months. 17:03, November 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * Sort of proves my point on the reasoning why our YT channel isn't used much. 20:56, November 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * We could just do stuff like this . I know I made the video for comedic purposes and rushed it, but it actually shows how we could do a couple of things:
 * A) Talk about Multiple Topics
 * B) Use video as, if not anything else, a visual aid
 * C) Add comedy too the podcast
 * I think we should consider using Youtube as a host for our Podcast videos. 01:07, November 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * So what if we only get the resources to do one or two. It'll be fun and interesting, I can't see why you're opposing on an assumption. As Statistics 1 taught me, correlation does not imply causation. 13:53, November 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't deny it would be a fun and interesting thing to try. If we don't limit ourselves to Call of Duty, and make it a general wiki community podcast, there could be many things the people could talk about. 20:18, November 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * Per N7 and Kat. 18:54, November 25, 2012 (UTC)

17:03, November 26, 2012 (UTC)

19:27, November 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * I would like this question answered as well. I'm supporting this, but I can't help but wonder how this will be handled. I would love to be a part of the podcasts, I have Skype and everything, but what if there are too many people that want to come and there needs to be limits? Or is it just going to be certain administrators that get to do it? I'd like to know.  Magma-Man  01:27, November 27, 2012 (UTC)

All the yes! PwnY x SN1P3R (talk) 01:48, November 27, 2012 (UTC)

I think it would be best to leave the commentary to Highly Trusted Users and Admins. Gameplay could be open to anyone though. 02:58, November 27, 2012 (UTC)