User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Intro to Wiki Modernization/@comment-28075-20170307090736

I am unsure viewing videos will provide an incentive for users to browse through Wiki pages further, indeed, I think it will de-incentivize doing the additional reading reading. Many people will be satisfied by a short video on Newt Scamander and may not see much reason to read a longer biography, and therefore may not contribute to the broader Wikia community. While a good student reads along and takes notes during lecture, there will always be many students who just copy the PowerPoint presentation.

It could obviously be helpful to end the video with some kind of catchy reminder of the additional content, "Find out more on this page" or "Know something we don't? Edit this page!" or something. I'm not sure how successful a call to action that might be, but it would at least remind people the videos are part of broader projects.

All that said, I would be more than happy (as time allows) to cooperate and help author the scripts for any content related to the wikis I am currently active on or staff at, because if videos are going to be a thing, then I might as well make sure that they represent these communities in the best way possible.