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My name is Ara Pelodi. Until recently I have been a frequent user of Wikipedia, benefiting from the vast depths of knowledge provided by an army of volunteers. Though I have had passing thoughts of contributing, to this point I have had nothing that I could truly do on a professional level.
Obviously that has changed and I want to join the Wiki community and assist in its evolution. It is a tremendous and fascinating community resource--one that has been available primarily to those that read English (or other available languages).
In my recent use I discovered an audio link on one of the pages I was viewing. (I have to admit I am a recent convert to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer phenomenon). Intrigued, I followed it to the spoken word project. Finally I have found something that I can not only contribute to on a professional level, but I can learn and improve myself while doing something that I truly enjoy.
My goal is to start small and learn the ropes here in the Wikiworld. Its a big, wide, complicated but welcoming community. I plan on starting with voicing over one small article on spoken word. When that is done and if it feels that I have sufficiently learned the basics of recording and uploading I will move up in complexity until I have done 10-20 solid articles. Once that is completed I feel I will be ready for a long term goal.
As I was browsing to get a feel for the community, I noticed that many of the guide pages were not voiced. I thought that these would be tremendously useful to have in an audio format. I don't know if these are open to voice overs or if they will ever be, but it is something I would like to explore in the future.
Once I've got some more basics down, I hope to post more about me, my voicing experience, skills and projects so people can get a feel for why I am here and what I hope to offer. I do need to be clear that I currently (nor in the forseeable future) plan on writing articles or editing articles or others wise contributing to any actual written content, edits or forums.
I feel I can best support this global endeavor by making the written words accesible in an audio format.
Please feel free to contact me. I'd be happy to discuss and learn about the wikipedia world. Ara Pelodi 01:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)