On 23 March 2012 20:13, geni wrote:
> Every article on a non extinct animal species is a somewhat viable and
> useful goal (and it keeps us one step ahead of web of life)
Goodness yes. My 4yo loves videos of animals, and there's e.g. just
about no fish that can be filmed that someone hasn't fil
On 21 March 2012 08:41, David Gerard wrote:
> (This is harder than it sounds, but is apparently in progress, in the
> coming-some-day Timed Media Handler.)
>
> At that point we can start on serious programs to add video. Every
> article on a street should have video of the street, for example.
> V
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 15:41, David Gerard wrote:
> True. But I do think it'd be an improvement on nothing, and will get
> better with time.
Just after posting, my inbox pointed me towards this in a moment of
pleasing synchronicity:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/video/kings-cross-streetstor
Am 22.03.2012 16:41, schrieb David Gerard:
On 22 March 2012 15:39, Bod Notbod wrote:
I can't say I find that a particularly exciting prospect. Especially
not, as perhaps I wrongly conjure from context given by this
discussion, video shot on mobile phones.
I'm picturing wonky-cam, shakey footag
On 22 March 2012 15:39, Bod Notbod wrote:
> I can't say I find that a particularly exciting prospect. Especially
> not, as perhaps I wrongly conjure from context given by this
> discussion, video shot on mobile phones.
> I'm picturing wonky-cam, shakey footage that someone has taken walking
> dow
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 08:41, David Gerard wrote:
> Every
> article on a street should have video of the street, for example.
I can't say I find that a particularly exciting prospect. Especially
not, as perhaps I wrongly conjure from context given by this
discussion, video shot on mobile phones
On 21 March 2012 08:17, Jürgen Fenn wrote:
> I wonder whether we should rather use our strength in users' demand in
> order to make pressure on manufacturers to support free-software
> codecs than adopting the costly and patented codecs. I mean, it's not
> only about content. MediaWiki and Wikime
Am 20. März 2012 18:18 schrieb David Gerard :
> This is a drastic policy change that affects all projects, and so
> needs wider discussion than just wikitech-l.
Thanks for forwarding the discussion.
I wonder whether we should rather use our strength in users' demand in
order to make pressure on m
This is a drastic policy change that affects all projects, and so
needs wider discussion than just wikitech-l.
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From: Brion Vibber
Date: 20 March 2012 01:24
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Video codecs and mobile
To: Wikimedia developers
As some may know, we've re
