Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Instant nostalgia

Dial-up modem[edit]

Noises typical of a dial-up modem negotiating a connection with an ISP.

Surprisingly iconic sounds. While the oldest ones, from the 2600 baud era and maybe going up to a factor of 100 above that are perhaps the most iconic, this is a good example of the sounds of a dying bit of technology that was once part of our everyday lives. I'd love to have more of this type, covering the little variations between baud-rates. But then, I am a huge geek.

Nominate and support. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:18, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support iconic sound.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:23, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good quality sound with historical significance. Reminds me of when I got my first computer, dial-up was all the rage! Ah, good memories :) —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 5:25pm • 07:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support My dial up sounded a lot like this, until 0:14. After that iconic up-down sequence I just got a long beep. Ah well... Hey, anyone remember when AOL was still dominant and relevant? Good times... good times... Sven Manguard Wha? 07:34, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support I just heard a bit on NPR about how iconic this sound is. Very nice. Jujutacular ^talk 10:23, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Oh very good. This is main-page stuff, definitely. I can see an image of an old clunker of a modem next to it at The Signpost. Tony (talk) 10:50, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Dial up modem noises.ogg —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 10:26am • 00:26, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reopened - This needs to run for seven days, feasted processes do not use wp:SNOW closes. You also voted in this one, we generally don't do that except in extreme cases. I am not, however, going to expend the effort to undue the promotion, unless of course this manages to fail somehow. We'll just close it in six days, and more than likely all that'll change is it's order in the monthly log. Sven Manguard Wha? 09:01, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support: high EV, good quality, historical significance. Ah, the eighties... only you could make us wait twenty minutes for our porn and be happy about it. bahamut0013^words _deeds 20:20, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Bahamut... umm... the 80s ended when you were five... Sven Manguard Wha? 21:48, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm glad you found something like this. I've certainly was looking at some point. Great recording! --haha169 (talk) 18:00, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since enough time has past I'm reinstating the promotion. Yay following process even when it's inefficient and has no bearing on the outcome. (At least we can claim to follow a process, believe me that beats plenty of parts of Wikipedia...) Sven Manguard Wha? 01:40, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]