Forum talk:Video Policy Discussion/@comment-4674838-20120229035251

Having thought about it, I actually favor Version 1 the most. I think that it will allow for maximum participation in users posting videos. While the wiki may have seen a huge amount of people uploading/posting improper videos and getting into revert wars in the past, I do not expect to see that happen again. That being said, if it does, I think that we have a number of options for dealing with such issues, including but not limited to 1) talking to the user after the reversion and explaining that they need to propose the video at Terraria Wiki:Proposed videos, 2) issuing warnings or blocks for repeat offenses, 3) locking specific pages / videos, 4) completely locking down all users abilities to add videos via the abuse filter, 5) changing the video policy. Basically, we can run through options in increasing order of severity as necessitated by the situation.

Adding videos is a bit harder than normal editing I think, so I feel that less people overall would be adding videos as compared to editing. With editing, we're able to take care of virtually all vandalism / undesired edits within a reasonable time frame. This is another factor that leads me to believe that Version 1 can work.

While my personal preference is Version 1, I see that many people like Version 2 and I agree that Version 2 is also a great option. I will support Version 2 if that is the general community preference. My main concern with Version 2 is that many users may not be aware of the video policy and that the video proposal page won't see much use. For example, many users are not aware of our image policy here, and I have issued quite a few messages related to it recently. I think that this indicates that general awareness of the video policy may be lacking as well. This is another reason I prefer Version 1: because it doesn't generally require users to have read the policy before adding videos, and hence it is easier for users to participate.