Forum:Videos: The Return

Evening folks! Right now Wikia (Fandom) is in the process of modernizing for the current age, and while that is going on I want to reopen the discussion of using videos on the wiki. While adding videos might seem to create a lot more work, it really does not and I think it will benefit the community in the long run. Below I will compile a list of benefits of adding videos to the wiki.


 * First off, we would only be allowing official content from Funimation and use the videos found in Fandom's video library http://video.wikia.com/wiki/Video_Wiki (Wikia has an agreement with Crunchroll so we get all this for free) We would only use full episodes and anime openings in the article pages and maybe sometimes blogs. Having full episodes on the wiki will give fans another incentive to visit the wiki and may result in new editors. Also, we would be cutting down on the number of links to sketchy/virus anime sites in Discussions/Discord


 * Wiki videos will be used to reduce the number of ads on the site and improve the performance of the wiki. Keep in mind folks, not everyone uses an ad blocker and having less ads and more videos with actual content related to the wiki is much better.


 * Staff has offered to create exclusive content for the wiki in the future, so we have more to show to site visitors and potentially draw traffic. Some more information here http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Brandon_Rhea/Wiki_Video_Types_and_How_You_Can_Create_Them


 * We have a lot of stubs on episode pages. Having the videos right there on the article page will encourage users to actually destub those articles since they don't have to be burdened with seeking out the episode as well when trying to write the summary. It would be right there on the page.

If you have any suggestions or concerns by all means go for it 17:50, May 3, 2017 (UTC)