Id say there is space for both. As well as being ligjtweight audio also has the advantage of being simpler to record and get sorted - but if someone is willing to do video then audio at the same time should be trivial to achieve.
Video is, then, perhaps value added?
Tom
On 15 August 2013 08:51, <brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> I also have an open invite to get in touch with Tony's assistant Ruth,
> should I be visiting London, to go one step further than Andy's current
> suggestion of recording an audio intro of Wikipedia bio article subjects,
> and capture a short video clip of Tony introducing himself.
Thank you, Brian.
My following comment is thinking out loud and in no way meant to sound
ungrateful.
I must confess I have mixed feelings about use of video for this.
While it is generally a richer media, a "talking head" adds little
over a still image and audio. The files are larger and one of my aims
with the project was to have something light and easily and cheaply
downloadable.
What do others think?
On a positive note, BBC presenter Evan Davis (Today Programme;
Dragon's Den) has just supplied a cracking voice recording which is
now on his article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Davis
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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