New Campaign To Bring Focus On Wikipedia Video
Many might not be aware of the options of Videos on Wikipedia because the adoption of this feature is pretty slow and huge Wikipedia entries do have any associated video files with the content. With that in mind, Open Video Alliance is launching a new mass campaign to bring video to Wikipedia called “Let’s Get Video on Wikipedia,” to promote the feature and get more people to upload videos to the Wikipedia.
The blinding bright website of Open Video Alliance announced -
Today the Open Video Alliance is launching an important project: a mass campaign to bring video to Wikipedia. Moving images can communicate ideas in ways that text can’t. We think this is the next step in Wikipedia’s evolution. Let’s Get Video on Wikipedia is part of our effort to support both individuals and institutions who wish to contribute to this vision
There are about 4,000 videos on the site for now, but it is a lesser number when compared to 3 million articles on the English version. The chief reason behind users not uploading the videos could be the process of uploading, which is not difficult but of course a little tricky. So this new campaigns aims to help users with step-by-step tutorial explaining all the things required to upload videos to Wikipedia and add them to articles. Now we might expect a higher number of videos on Wikipedia!
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