Wikipedia WikiVIP project records celebrity voices for posterity

The recent deaths of prominent and inspirational personalities have probably led to the awareness of the brevity of life and of people's memories. In that light, this new WikiVIP project tries to improve the growing body of knowledge in Wikipedia by injecting voice clips of these notable people for present and future generations to cherish and remember. 

The "VIP" in WikiVIP stands for Voice Intro Project, though it might very well stand for Very Important Person considering it could end up as a compilation of who's who in Wikipedia. The project was conceived by Wikipedia editor Andy Mabbett and Andrew Gray as a way to take advantage of the online encyclopedia's audio features...