Forum:Uploading Videos to wikia

I think you should add that you can put videos on wikia, without a converter. It would make the wikia experience better.

- Anonymous
 * There are many reasons we don't currently allow uploading video directly for streaming to Wikia. For one, bandwidth usage would increase making Wikia slower for everyone and, two, there are many places that host videos for free and they specialize in it. Using these services allows us to focus on what we do best, hosting wikis for everyone. However, this does not mean we're adverse to making it easier for users to insert or embed your videos on wiki. For instance, some wikis have the Kaltura collaborative video extension enabled which allows those communities to edit and share videos on wiki. We also provide the extension to allow for easy embedding of youtube videos. If you can think of ways that it might be made easier to interact with video on wikis then we'll be happy to collaborate with you to find a solution. -- JSharp (talk) 17:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC)