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Dear editors and contributors,
A new, clearer guideline for chosing Youtube has been developed:
- Accepted videos, in order of preference:
- Official videos of the same recording as the database entry
- Official = Published by an artist or label's official Youtube channel
- Non-official videos of the same recording as the database entry
- Additional criteria of preference:
- Available for the widest audience
- Footage of official video-clip, f.e. broadcasted on MTV in the 80s and 90s
- Autogen video
- Same recording as the database entry, but with small modifications, examples
- With intros that don't belong to the song (owner of the record making a short introduction)
- Medium sound quality (live recording of a LP record player)
- Videos with representative but different recording than the database entry
- A video comment explaining it's not the exact same recording is compulsory.
- Example: Live recording with same band composition and same arrangements
- Not accepted videos
- Amateur recordings from live concerts
This guideline has been added to the editor manual. They will also be integrated in the "Help us by chosing"-interface:
A special thanks to David King for launching the debate and trying to keep the procedure on its tracks See forum topic.
Also thanks to anyone who shared his/her views on the matter, and helped to shape the final guideline: camembert electrique , Limbabwe , walt , mduval32323 , JeffC , VirileVagabond and sebcat
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Last edit: 2023-08-30 09:20:54 UTC by Bastien