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)&…
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_-_Tages…
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…
Or an explanation on Carthage, even with English subtitles:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karthago,_Ph%C3%B6nizische_Gro%C3%9…
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 <
abogott(a)wikimedia.org>gt;:
On 1/26/24 12:05 PM, geni wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 22:24, Ivan Martínez
<galaver(a)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?
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