Forum talk:Video Policy Discussion/@comment-8-20120229050124/@comment-8-20120301235937

There isn't exactly a practical difference between the two. Videos aren't uploaded to Wikia in either case, they stay on YouTube (or wherever they are hosted). The difference is that the embedding tool is a newer version that makes it easier to add videos, and allows for about 20 different hosts rather than just YouTube. The new tool creates page for each video used, so you can link to it more easily... but is that a problem for any video? I'm not sure if you use the pages listing videos in a way that means it's better not to have off-topic/entertainment videos on them?