User talk:Melamrawy (WMF)

--Elitre (WMF) (talk) 21:38, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Video in articles
(Note: This is not about "content", I'm asking for essentially technical clarifications that will help clear up some misconceptions that have cropped up community discussions. Alsee (talk) 07:57, 15 March 2016 (UTC))

Hi. I'm not sure where to ask my question, I was hoping you could point me to the right person or page, or get a response for me. On EnWiki there has been some debate about whether or not we should include "full videos" in articles. For example our article Felix the cat includes the full 4 minute public domain movie, and our article Night of the Living Dead contains the full 96 minute public domain movie. I was hoping to get a feedback on three points, to help inform our policy-writing on the question. Alsee (talk) 05:18, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Could I get the WMF's view on the practice of including videos in articles? The sort of response I had in mind ranges from "Including long videos is a problem, please stop doing that", to "We welcome whatever multimedia editors feel improves articles, don't worry about technical aspects until we tell you it's becoming a problem."
 * 2) I believe "In the context of page size and download concerns, including [[File:VideoName]] in an article is comparable to including a basic image in an article, regardless of video size, unless the reader clicks to view it." Could someone either confirm, or correct me on that?
 * 3) I believe "In the context of including video in an article, it makes little practical difference whether the file is physically stored at Wikipedia or Commons." Could someone either confirm, or correct me on that? We don't need a micro-analysis of technical differences. I just want to identify or rule out any arguments significant to whether full videos are or are-not appropriate to include in articles.
 * Thanks Alsee can you please point me to the community discussion? --Melamrawy (WMF) (talk) 20:17, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Things are a bit of a mess at the moment with previous discussions, but the main current discussion is at en:WT:Videos. However I think it's very likely that there will be a subsequent discussion. If there is a new discussion I'd like it to begin with clarity on the technical aspects. Alsee (talk) 09:05, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: The issue began on article pages with sexually explicit topics, but spawned a new debate on whether "full videos of the article subject" should be removed from articles in general, such as Felix the cat and Night of the Living Dead. And a portion of that debate has been that videos create bandwidth problem, with some people thinking they download even when the reader doesn't click on them. Alsee (talk) 19:16, 18 March 2016 (UTC)