Dear all,
I think we are mixing two different topics here, which are two different problems we should solve:

We have series of problems regarding video upload, some of them technical (codecs, uploading process...) and other social (how to know if the video is freely licensed, etc). Both are interesting issues, and we should have a plan to solve them. Still, there are videos uploaded and used in Wikipedia. Technically, it is even possible to make a video portal, take a look to: https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari:Hezkuntza/Ikusgela. But videos are not, by definition, more interactive than audios, images or text. Videos are still passive content: you play them in the same way you could hear an audio sample or just read a text.

When I talk about interactive content, I'm talking about content that can be manipulated by the reader:

So, we have two different problems. Video playing is quite evident. But lack of interactivity will add to the cost, because there are other platforms doing it way better.

I would really like to have an answer by the WMF.

Thanks

Galder






From: Ivan Martínez <galaver@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 8:25 AM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: We need more interactive content: we are doing it wrong
 
It is not difficult to do something that is already happening. By referring to encyclopedic videos I am talking about multimedia that can enrich existing content. I understand your point, it's a bit like what happened with the project of reading recorded Wikipedia articles that after years seem obsolete.

What I am referring to is all that multimedia material that is visual, that can be made into video to complement articles. The process you mention is complicated, but not impossible, in fact, there are many of us editors who have all those skills already implemented in the projects.

El vie, 26 ene 2024 a las 12:06, geni (<geniice@gmail.com>) escribió:
On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 22:24, Ivan Martínez <galaver@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.


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