Hi Jacopo, I have deleted the comment on the video that was accidentally posted from the project's official account and have now replied using my personal account. I apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Best regards, Arun Patidar On Sat, Jul 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM Jacopo Cappellato < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anil, > > I have to disagree with the idea that "something is better than > nothing". In my view, quality matters, and creating educational videos > is not a mandatory activity for the project. If we currently do not > have contributors with sufficient content creation skills, I think it > is perfectly acceptable for the project not to publish official videos > until we do. > > I also hope we can reach a shared understanding of the minimum quality > standards expected for the project's official deliverables, regardless > of their form. > > That said, I am absolutely in favor of encouraging engineers to > experiment with content creation and develop those skills. My > suggestion would simply be to have those videos published from > personal accounts or channels, and then shared with the community via > the mailing list or perhaps a wiki page collecting community-created > content. I don't think this would discourage contributors; on the > contrary, it would give them the opportunity to experiment, receive > feedback, and improve their skills without making every attempt an > official project publication. > > To me there is an important distinction between sharing content within > the community and publishing content as the Apache OFBiz project. The > latter represents the project itself and therefore deserves a higher > level of review and quality. > > As another example of why I believe official communications deserve > review, I am also uncomfortable with the official reply posted under > one of the videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ByUvnGx5ws&t=26s), > where the project appears to promote paid services from a third-party > vendor. I think this illustrates that review should apply not only to > the videos themselves, but more generally to content published through > the project's official communication channels. > > Best regards, > > Jacopo > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2026 at 7:40 AM Anil Patel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Jacopo, > > > > Thank you for raising this topic. I agree that as our official YouTube > > channel becomes a key resource for the community, maintaining a > > professional presentation is important for the project's public image. > > > > However, I have a slightly different perspective on the path to achieving > > that quality. > > > > We currently see very limited contributions in terms of tutorials and > > community content, and I am concerned that imposing strict production > > standards at this stage might inadvertently stifle the few contributors > we > > do have. Many of our contributors are engineers, not content creators or > > videographers, and expecting them to be both often leads to no > contribution > > at all. I believe that right now, "something is better than nothing." > > > > Before we codify formal standards or guidelines, I think our priority > > should be enablement: > > > > 1. *Building a Toolkit:* We should focus on creating a simple, > > "lightweight" toolkit—templates, basic editing guides, and software > > recommendations—that makes it easy for a developer to produce decent > > content without needing invent a process. > > 2. *Leading by Example:* We need to identify 10 solid examples of > videos > > published in the last few years that we consider "good." These can > serve as > > the benchmarks for future contributors to follow, rather than relying > on a > > rigid rulebook. > > > > Until we have such a toolkit and a more active pool of motivated > > contributors, I would prefer we avoid implementing formal best practices > or > > standards that discourage eager contributors trying new things. Let’s > focus > > on making it easier for people to contribute and encourage them to do > their > > best to help the community. > > > > I look forward to seeing how the community wants to approach this, and I > am > > happy to support a collaborative effort to define these kinds of > resources. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Anil > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM Jacopo Cappellato < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I would like to open a discussion about the content that is published > > > on the official Apache OFBiz YouTube channel. > > > > > > Some of the recently published videos contain useful technical > > > information and can certainly benefit users and developers. However, I > > > believe that content published through the project's official > > > communication channels should also meet a certain standard in terms of > > > presentation quality. This includes aspects such as audio clarity, > > > video quality, readability of the recorded screen, and the overall > > > structure of the presentation. The official Apache OFBiz channel > > > represents the project to the broader public, including potential > > > users, contributors, and organizations evaluating OFBiz. The quality > > > of the material published there contributes to the overall perception > > > of the project. > > > > > > I am not suggesting creating unnecessary bureaucracy or discouraging > > > anyone from producing content. Rather, I believe a collaborative > > > review process would help us publish material that best represents the > > > project while also giving authors constructive feedback before their > > > work becomes part of the project's official communications. > > > > > > I would be interested in hearing the community's thoughts, as well as > > > any ideas for defining practical and lightweight guidelines. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Jacopo > > > >
