Terraria Wiki talk:Video policy

Creation
So I just created this proposal. I've never been one for document writing, so please help X_x happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 06:41, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks good for a start, I would prefer that all videos be displayed at default size, so limiting the instructions to ony the first option would be preferable. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  06:53, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Great work on the guide :-P A couple of things I would like to add.
 * The default size on Youtube videos is somewhere around 450-500 pixels across, which makes videos the most massive objects on the wiki. It might be a good idea to shrink them a bit, as I've done with the videos in Guide:Getting started.
 * A video template would be a wonderful idea. When I was sizing and organizing the videos for the guide, I could not for the life of me get them completely even, and a template would probably solve that.
 * Everything else seems pretty solid. --Ragen 11:39, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * IMO, I don't think we need to enforce a video size, we should do what's best for each page depending on the other elements present (for example, a page with 3 infoboxes might warrant a smaller video...) We could recommend default video size, I guess.
 * For templates, I see pros and cons, but I think it would be a different discussion actually. Let's put that aside for now. happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 12:15, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That sounds reasonable. --Ragen 12:47, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, while we optimize the layout of the wiki for 1024x768, there are a lot of people viewing at 1920 (I'm one of them). When you shrink the videos below default, I personally don't see enough detail in them to make them worthwhile. Also, if we designate default sizing, then we will get consistency across the wiki. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  13:04, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. I'm at 1280x1024 and they are perfectly sized for it. I could imagine as the resolution becomes larger the videos will become smaller. I couldn't quite tell if you have looked at the videos I messed with on the guide, but how do they look? Were they in fact too small for your resolution? --Ragen 13:22, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/index.php?title=Terraria_Wiki:Video_policy_proposal&curid=2555&diff=14882&oldid=14335 that was me, forgot to log in. SilverSwift  ...TALK...  22:35, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That was some nice rewrite. happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 06:40, 10 June 2011 (UTC)