User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Wiki Video Types and How You Can Create Them/@comment-27290427-20170418230943/@comment-25503930-20170420131810

@Exotoro + @ SkyboundScratchkat Our goal is to add another form of media to the article's text and I think it is absolutely fair to say that you prefer text over video. You can still enjoy written articles in wikis while others can watch a video to consume a summed up version of the text or to get a first glimpse into a topic. The idea is to fulfill several needs for several users on article pages. And in addition we use this chance and declutter the ad experience. We think this is a good trade-off to improve the page performance.

We don't enable audio auto play so you shouldn't get interrupted by a video host talking while you are reading. Also the video will not start automatically if you are not connected to a wifi or connected to the Internet with an Ethernet cable.

Are there video formats that you think are valuable for article pages? Can you imagine good videos for wikis? I am curious which ones you would watch.