On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 09:54:28AM +0200, Alfio Puglisi wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Mikhail Abraham wrote:
I have been directed by User:IMSoP to contact this
mailing list in regards
to uploading MIDI files for use on wikipedia. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Sound#Trying_to_upload_MIDIs
At least two wikipedians (including myself) would like to be able to add and
use MIDI files on wikipedia, as was the capability in the past. We believe
they are a common format and allow for smaller file sizes. It has been
suggested by User:Raul654 that MIDI files are unsuitable because their
performance is unpredictable, and by User:Camembert that they are not
currently allowed for security issues.
I strongly support the use of MIDI files. Is a very common standard that
almost every computer out there can play, and can be easily converted into
a staff. It's optimal to implement things like national anthems and song
snippets.
Is there any easy way to verify that a file is a MIDI file?
We only allow uploads of files for which we can verify that the content
matches the file suffix.
Regards,
JeLuF