And here we have >300 videos donated by Osmosis https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Videos_from_Osmosis
James On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 11:45 AM Amir Sarabadani <ladsgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe people don't know but video donation happens in Wikimedia already > and it doesn't need to be from Youtubers. > > Here is my favorite example: German public broadcaster (ARD) donates short > informational videos to Wikipedia and they are used in articles in German > Wikipedia. They get a lot of views. Here is a list of videos from one of > their programs named Tagesschau: > > https://mvc.toolforge.org/index.php?category=Videos+by+Tagesschau+(ARD)×pan=&rangestart=2023-08-01&rangeend=2023-09-01&limit=100 > > For example, this video about Golf Stream and impact of climate change on > it which is used in the article of Golf Stream in German Wikipedia: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurzerkl%C3%A4rt,_Golfstrom_-_Tagesschau.webm > Or when cold or hot temperatures can be dangerous to humans: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gut_zu_wissen,_Wann_wird_K%C3%A4lte_gef%C3%A4hrlich_-_Tagesschau.webm > Or an explanation on Carthage, even with English subtitles: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karthago,_Ph%C3%B6nizische_Gro%C3%9Fstadt_(CC_BY-SA_4.0).webm > > It'd really be nice to see more partnerships like this. Whether with > youtubers, public broadcasters, museums, universities, or anything like > that! > > > Am Fr., 26. Jan. 2024 um 19:29 Uhr schrieb Andrew Bogott < > abog...@wikimedia.org>: > >> On 1/26/24 12:05 PM, geni wrote: >> > On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 22:24, Ivan Martínez <gala...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> By not having a Youtube 2.0 we are avoiding a Wikipedia 2.0 with pure >> encyclopaedic videos. I see a false dilemma there. >> > >> > Creating good encyclopaedic videos is from a video production point of >> > view a far harder problem that dealing with the technical hurdles in >> > uploading video to commons. Going to take a lot of effort in >> > scripting, shooting, lighting and editing. And having your editor of >> > choice render the final project in a wikipedia friendly format should >> > not present a problem (and if it does handbrake exists). >> > >> > I really doubt we will ever get much in the way of encyclopaedic >> > videos on our platforms since they take so much time and cost so much >> > to make that they are only viable at scale from people who can do it >> > at as a full time job. Youtubers find ways to do that through adsense, >> > sponsor spots and Patreon. Not really something you can do on >> > wikipedia. >> I don't know much of anything about youtube licensing... is it possible >> for youtubers to dual or re-license their content? Could we invite >> creators to donate their content to the commons after a year or two when >> their revenue stream has trailed off? >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/HBN55JV62BGTTBZHVVNBLPFHHHF2Y4XO/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > -- > Amir (he/him) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/PPSSF4WI4VOU7ULX3HNSWTTULEM2WZHN/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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