Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Impact of Wikipedia by Adrianne Wadewitz

The Impact of Wikipedia by Adrianne Wadewitz

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 May 2014 at 16:21:21 (UTC)

Original – 'The Impact Of Wikipedia' -- how Wikipedia works, in the voices of a few of those who make it. Produced during Wikimania 2012 by the Wikimedia Foundation for the 2012 Wikimedia fundraising campaign. Featuring Adrianne Wadewitz.

Reason: High EV, high quality video file, free-use licensed by Vgrigas, no unnecessary digital manipulation.
Articles in which this image appears: Adrianne Wadewitz
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator: Vgrigas

Support as nominator --— Cirt (talk) 16:21, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Transcribed text to English Wikisource at s:The Impact of Wikipedia by Adrianne Wadewitz. Also available in captions in other languages at m:Fundraising 2012/Translation/Adrianne Wadewitz video (captions), so could be added to other Wikisource sites. — Cirt (talk) 16:28, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment (no support or oppose yet as I haven't had the time to view the film; rather late) - This is unlikely to run in POTD in the near future, owing to the possible COI of having an image/video of a Wikipedian in the slot. Our image of Mike Godwin, for instance, did not run until 3 years after he left the Wikimedia Foundation. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:42, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, and no worries about that! — Cirt (talk) 16:43, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support A good-quality, professionally produced video by a notable Wikipedian. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:14, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jane (talk) 22:35, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support --The herald 15:18, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - In the captions, "Nineteenth Century" needs to be "nineteenth-century". There may be other issues with the closed captions, but for some reason this isn't streaming well right now. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:35, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Crisco 1492: how can I help fix this? — Cirt (talk) 18:09, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not familiar with fixing captions, otherwise I'd have done it myself. Does anyone know? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed it, at m:Fundraising 2012/Translation/Adrianne Wadewitz video (captions). — Cirt (talk) 00:34, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That didn't seem to fix the video file, itself, however. I could still use some help with that. — Cirt (talk) 00:35, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think Wikipedia:Timed text fits in here, somewhere, but I'm not sure. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:38, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I asked Victor, and he gave me the correct link, so I fixed it (note that the italics display on the video themselves). If I missed anything, just don't fiddle with the timings. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:25, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for the help! — Cirt (talk) 17:33, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support. gobonobo ⁺ ^c 13:18, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support, though main page appearance should be discussed in a couple years at the earliest. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:10, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Crisco 1492, and no worries about some time passing before main page appearance. — Cirt (talk) 17:37, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Although I do think that six months to a year should be ample. It's not like she was employed by Wikipedia. The one year anniversary might not be bad. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:17, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, but that could be a separate discussion for a later point in time, after this discussion has been closed. — Cirt (talk) 22:45, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's my plan. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:51, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support J e e 09:26, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment (unless addressed, the closer should consider this an oppose vote): I was under the impression that FP was not accepting videos. That's a large part of the reason that Featured Sounds, during its revival a few years ago, accepted videos. If we're going to allow this one, we need to allow high quality videos at FP in general, and that needs to be a change that the Featured Pictures community is willing to live with (and back with support votes when warranted). Sven Manguard Wha? 00:24, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reply: Actually, Sven Manguard, the criteria at Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria specifically allows for video files. Please see for example last line under existing criteria for point number two (2): "Animations and video may be somewhat smaller." Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 00:35, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What is allowed in theory and what happens in practice are not always the same thing though. It might be written into the rules, but back when I was involved in FS, people seemed to believe that a video didn't have a chance in FP. That's why I really need to hear from FP regulars that they would support videos in the future. Sven Manguard Wha? 00:43, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What you heard was wrong. We have featured several videos, including of a cheetah running, a controversial ad, and a "living" decapitated dog's head. We don't have many videos (there's still a few more, but not many... I think plasma globe and surfing both have featured videos), but we do promote them. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:16, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Crisco 1492, for this helpful explanation. Most appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 03:29, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Per above, "Voting period ends on 6 May 2014 at 16:21:21 (UTC)", it now appears the voting period for this nomination is over. — Cirt (talk) 18:07, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Impact of Wikipedia Adrianne Wadewitz.webm --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:24, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]