User:Lexein/Video sources

List of reliable video sources, in alphabetical order. Most users don't know that official "channels" exist. To the extent that WP:RICH media exists, and there can be legitimate reasons to create an external link to a source, how do we choose whether a source
 * A) Reliable source - . Video sources must have the same characteristics as books or magazine sources: created by an organization with an editorial policy for factchecking.
 * Best copyright case: Hulu.com - every clip is certifiably licensed by big corporate legal departments before it's allowed to stream one frame. Of course, they don't last long at all.  Worst case: YouTube - most videos are user generated, though perhaps hundreds of channels are official outlets for companies(Aardman Animations, Associated Press), organizations(PETA), agencies (FDA)
 * B) Persistent - Because licensed media is infrequently freely sourced by multiple providers, it's important that the media be persistent on the chosen linked service. There are no free automatic or on-demand video archiving services as of August 2010, which work in the way that web.archive.org and WebCitation do.
 * Worst persistence case: Hulu.com - videos persist or only months or weeks, sometimes days. Best case: web.archive.org - very stable, but content is not necessarily WP:RS.
 * File longevity should be evaluated per source and documented in a table, at the moment, the only way to do this is WP:OR.


 * C) Non WP:COPYVIO, WP:LINKVIO
 * D) Assessable.

Suggested list:
 * http://ClassicalTV.com - licensed films and videos. Free/pay. Stable.
 * http://Hulu.com - Not approved. All files expire.
 * http://TheDailyShow.com - Clips are stable. Full shows expire.
 * http://youtube.com/aardman - Aardman animations. Stable.
 * http://youtube.com/AssociatedPress - Stable: more than Google-hosted and AP-licensed stories in general
 * http://youtube.com/FoxNews - Fox News Channel
 * http://youtube.com/Oscars - The Academy Awards channel
 * http://youtube.com/SesameStreet - Sesame Street Productions

http://www.youtube.com/members?s=mv&t=a&g=8 http://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress http://www.youtube.com/members?s=mv&t=a&g=1 http://www.youtube.com/members?s=mv&t=a&g=3

Does such a list belong? I think yes, as a quick reference. In this article? Maybe not. --Lexein (talk) 06:23, 19 August 2010 (UTC)