I've been asked to bring this up here as a result of the discussion on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Image:St…
where a video was nominated for featured status, but several people
objected because they could not play Ogg Theora. We currently do not
allow other video formats.
I would suggest implementing the following policy on all Wikimedia wikis:
"It is allowed to upload files in patent-encumbered formats like MP3 or
the MPEG-4 codecs only provided that a version in a non-encumbered
format is also uploaded. Files which are only provided in
patent-encumbered formats should be deleted."
Thoughts, comments, objections? Ideally, the conversion could be done
automatically, but a soft policy might do the trick for now.
Thanks,
Erik