Hi, For localisation purposes can we somehow enable the YouTube captions system which would allow human-checked and translated subtitles to be uploaded next to the videos? (For that to work, the account owner has to do some magic I think under YouTube's settings panels and then an actually intelligent English version has to be provided that can than be translated using some hidden Google tool.) Last I checked the set-up process was a bit difficult to set up, but then the actual translation could be done fairly easily. If we choose Youtube as a distribution channel, I think we should go the extra mile and utilize its internationalization capabilities to truly reflect our values.
Best regards, Bence On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Jay Walsh <jwa...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > This week the Foundation is excited to be releasing four separate videos > shot at the recent Wikimania Conference in Gdansk, Poland. The first video > 'Username' is now posted on the WM Commons: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_User_Name_MEDIUM.ogv > > Later today the Foundation will be releasing the videos on a few other > platforms as well, specifically to increase public visibility: > http://www.facebook.com/wikipedia > http://identi.ca/wikipedia > http://www.youtube.com/wikimediafoundation > http://vimeo.com/wmfoundation/ > > I'll be posting more about the links on the Wikimedia blog later this > morning (San Francisco time) blog.wikimedia.org > > And maybe some others. > > What are these videos? > They were originally produced to complement the public outreach work going > on now (and in the future) and to provide a short, energetic clip for folks > to use in all sorts of presentations. A very good example of that would be > in Sue's keynote presentation from Wikimania, which some of you may have > seen. We hope everyone in the movement may find them useful, and we're > particularly hopeful that they can be easily localized and shared even more > widely. They shed a new light on the passionate people behind our projects. > > Who made them? > The clips were created for the Wikimedia Foundation (led mostly by > Communications and Public Outreach) by a team that's been working with the > Foundation over the past year. They were directed by Jelly Helm, produced by > Noah Stanik, shot by DP Reed Harkness, and edited by Sarah Marcus. The music > is by Portland, Oregon based musician Matt Carey. The Germany-based film > production crew Living Colour was an essential partner in bringing > everything together at the shoot in Gdansk, Poland, and Fenton > Communications, who have been supporting the Foundation over the past year, > were our agency partners in pulling this project together. We also owe the > organizers of 2010's Wikimania conference a great deal of thanks for helping > us sort out the production on the ground and for letting us borrow > participants for short interviews. > > What's next? > The remaining clips will be posted on Commons and other video sharing sites > through Friday. Once they're all announced we'll share another note with all > of the links. You can follow the progress and hear what the public thinks on > identi.ca and twitter. We hope to see the videos make an appearance in > media and other blogs too. > > Hope you enjoy! > > -- > Jay Walsh > Head of Communications > WikimediaFoundation.org > blog.wikimedia.org > +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw > > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia > Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
