Terraria Wiki:Video Policy

=Video Policy=

Video use
Each article may be illustrated by one or more videos. The primary video on each page should illustrate the topic clearly. They should not be "let's play" or pure entertainment videos, but should focus on illustrating the topic and expanding on the text. Secondary videos can be included on longer articles, if those videos help to illustrate the article further.

A small gallery of additional videos may be appropriate for some articles, especially where there needs to be variations to explain the topic. This should be given it's own section, and should not overwhelm the article as a whole. If there is more than one video on an article, they should each add to the article, and not be effectively duplicates that repeat the same information.

Entertainment and other Terraria related videos (including "let's play" videos) can be included on blogs, userpages, or other non-article pages.

User pages can be enhanced with entertainment or off-topic videos. however, in order to keep the video category tidy and on-topic, these should be added via tags, and not by uploading with the embed tool.

Criteria for inclusion.
Videos in articles should be:


 * High quality, both in content and in the sound and picture quality.
 * Well-researched, accurate and up-to-date.
 * Informative, not purely for entertainment (for example not “let's play” videos).
 * Focused on content, without excessive intros/outros or requests for follows and likes
 * Suitable for all audiences, without bad language or other abusive content.

Videos on other areas of the site should be:


 * Suitable for all audiences, without bad language or other abusive content.
 * Factually correct, with no misleading information (unless this is explained in the accompanying text)

Videos should not primarily geared to promoting any other sites. Mention of other sites is permitted, as are links or other pointers to alternative resources, but these should not overwhelm the informational aspects of the video. In each case, the value of the information in the video should be balanced against the promotion of other sites.

For example, a unique and hard to obtain video of a difficult aspect of the game, might be acceptable even with strong mentions of another site (even another wiki) because the informational value is high. However, alternatives should be found for a video with promotional links and more easily found footage. Videos that mention or give links to Terraria Wiki should be encouraged.

Within these criteria, videos by any creator are acceptable.

Addition of videos.
Videos can be proposed for inclusion at Terarria Wiki:Proposed videos. If there is no current video on the page, approval can be given by any admin, or by any two "yes" votes from active users. This is intended to be a quick and easy permission designed to only reject any clearly unsuitable videos.

If there is disagreement over the suitability of the video, it should be discussed more fully. Discussions should be open for at least 48 hours, longer if the community consensus is not clear. The discussion should then be reviewed by an admin, who will make a decision based on the opinions of the community. If the discussion doesn't show a clear consensus among those commenting, then at least two admins must agree whether to accept the video or not. If an admin is proposing a video, a different admin (or admins) should make the final decision on it's acceptability.

For pages with existing videos, the proposed video should either be shown to be a good replacement for a current video, or to improve on the page by adding new information. Approval for the addition or replacement should be made in the same was as above.

Disputes
In all cases, disagreements over videos should be taken to the admins. As with other admin decisions, bureaucrats will act as "tie-breakers" if necessary.