[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Thank you!

[effe iets anders]

re: the errors, I assume you added those to the talkpage of the files on
commons? That way someone could actually see if it can be fixed :)

thanks!

eia

2009/9/4 Bod Notbod <bodnotbod op gmail.com>

> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:31 PM, phoebe ayers<phoebe.wiki op gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > - videos of all the talks!!!!
>
> As someone who is unlikely to be able to ever attend a Wikimania
> unless it comes to London I'd like to express my gratitude for all the
> effort that's gone into that. I've watched quite a few and intend to
> watch many more.
>
> There is, however, room for improvement on this front. So here's what
> I would like to see, in terms of video, from the next Wikimania:
>
> 1. Some of the videos have issues (eg, absent sound for part of the
> talk or audio track slowed down to the extent that people sound like
> orcs). It would be good if whoever uploads the video would view the
> content and try to solve such issues before making them available. If
> it's not possible to solve the issue it would be good if they could
> annotate the video (eg "sound absent until 2:48") so people are
> forewarned and can fast forward to the watchable portion.
>
> 2. On many videos, if not most, it is impossible to see the content of
> the slides. Could videos be uploaded in higher resolution? Obvious
> downsides: larger file size, more bandwidth required. Or maybe all
> presenters could be encouraged to upload their presentation slides (I
> know some already do this) so people can view along as they listen to
> the audio of the talk.
>
> 3. On the videos with a Q&A segment the audience often doesn't have a
> microphone so the viewer can't hear the questions. Could more talks
> provide the audience with a microphone? And where this isn't possible,
> could speakers be encouraged to repeat or summarise the question for
> the benefit of the camera?
>
> 4. More of an observation than a recommendation: as I've watched the
> videos most of their respective talk pages have not yet been
> contributed to (they're red links). The same can be said for their
> entries in the Wikimania schedule. I thought more people would be
> wanting to discuss the content of the talks.
>
> Despite my various gripes it's really great to have so many videos, so
> thanks to everyone involved.
>
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