Wikimania 2013, 125 Videos with an average access rate of 12.

Even the video of Jimbo was with 11 calls below the average. Of what value are you talking about? From a theoretical value?
The polling numbers for 2012 were slightly higher, but even they are beyond any comprehensible value.

What then are we talking about?

I see no rea value, which can be facing the not inconsiderable costs. We should strive to turn to more practice. This tells us that videos are totally
overvalued.

You, Dschwen, should not compare your own situation as a U.S. resident with thousands of other Wikipedians, which probably would be able to give a talk in their own language, but not in a foreign language. The same applies to all other persons who are not able to follow a complex lecture in English. Not even on video.
And you will not find anyone who will make  subtitles in videos, which are just accessed 100 times in the best case.

To be a little provocative to say: Forget about the videos, these serve more the coverage and vanity of the speakers themselves.

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Am 14.04.2014 17:53, schrieb Daniel Schwen:
If yes, then think about more than 70% of not native english speakers, which
don´t. Even if they can follow a presentation or a panel. And you mean, they
should be punished for that?

I don't quite see the connection to what Jan said here. Nobody wants
to punish non native speakers. Is there a correlation between being a
non-native speaker and not wanting to be filmed?
I have to agree with jan that submissions that decline being video
taped _should_ indeed be punished (to pick up on that hyperbole). The
reason is simple. These contributors are providing less value by not
being taped. They are effectively "punishing" people that are unable
to attend the conference physically. We wouldn't be getting as much
out of their talks as we possibly could.
Daniel

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