[documentation] Video documentation

[Kieran Lal]

I would post the video's on YouTube.  Then link to them from the
documentation pages.

I think videos are a great idea.

Cheers,
Kieran

On 2/28/07, Addi Berry <addi at rocktreesky.com> wrote:
>
> I would like to know if drupal.org might consider coming up with a process
> of some sort for having people donate videos for documentation.  I wanted to
> raise it first here on the docs list to see if this has already been
> discussed before (in a concrete we could do it this way or a "no" from
> infra) and what the feeling is about if/how we would do this before I even
> bothered raising the issue with infra.  I have seen some discussion around
> it in the archives but nothing really substantive in terms of implementation
> ideas.  I know that certain "sanctioned" videos for each new upgrade say are
> made available and apparently the dojo screencasts will be hosted by d.obut those are pretty controlled circumstances.
> My main thought behind looking at this is because of the desire to keep as
> much drupal help here at d.o rather than splintering.  There seem to be a
> number of individuals that have created video tutorials on Drupal but they
> are all off the main d.o path.  My organization is going to let me give
> any training videos I create on the job back to the Drupal community but
> they don't want to host them (or even really be associated with them once
> released - long story).  So how do I give these back to the community?  One
> option is to open up the drupaldojo sites to host them but I don't see that
> as being a good solution, due to bandwidth issues (since individuals are
> hosting these sites) and the whole splintering issue again.  I guess each
> time I create one I could go to infra and ask them and see what they say,
> but well that seems tedious for both myself and infra and doesn't really
> help with what to "do" with it in terms of the handbook even if infra is
> willing to host on the d.o server.
>
> So, if we were to propose something to d.o about this, what exactly
> would/should be the parameters?  In saying "about this" I mean that instead
> of just individuals asking for videos to be hosted if they think to ask,
> that we actually come up with a standard process for people to submit videos
> and even advertise the fact on d.o.  Is this an idea worth pursuing at
> this time?  How would it "integrate" into the existing handbook? Ideas,
> concerns, suggestions, STFUs?
>
> - Addi (add1sun)
>
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