[WikiEN-l] Would you like one of your videos posted on Wikipedia?

[Stephen Streater]

On 18 Sep 2006, at 21:55, David Alexander Russell wrote:

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> . Unforgettableid wrote:
>> Since Wikipedia's video system is new, the upload process is not as
>> easy as Google Video's. However, we will help you through the process
>> step-by-step, and you will get free promotion for your website and  
>> for
>> the hobby of urban exploration. As well, you will be helping  
>> Wikipedia
>> by helping us to find out how to optimize our video upload process  
>> and
>> make it easier for non-Wikipedians to upload videos.
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> I'm not sure if its a good idea to promise 'free promotion' in a
> permission request, since (s)he would get is an external link in the
> media info page, which only Wikipedia /editors/ will ever see.

There may be rights issues as well. It's not as simple
as just uploading a video, unfortunately. Some content
I have shot is only available for non-commercial use
because it was shot in Royal Parks, so this cannot be
released under a free licence so cannot be included
in Wikipedia.