Videowiki-Presentation-at-Wikimania-2018
VideoWiki is a free multi-media encyclopedia that anyone can edit. The goal of VideoWiki is to visualize Wikipedia, the sum of all human knowledge.
Introduction[edit]
Videos as it adds a new dimension to learning, and I built VidoeWiki for a similar reason. “Being born in the YouTube age, the way I consume most of my information is through videos. I always wondered why there isn’t a video version of Wikipedia already? We can watch 4K videos on YouTube but Wikipedia is still a text-based encyclopedia.
So I stumbled upon an interview of Jimmy Wales. At the end of the interview, the reporter excitedly asked Jimmy Wales, “what is the future of Wikipedia” “are we going to see a video version of Wikipedia?” Jimmy Wales replied by immediately saying “NO , we are not moving in that direction because building a collaborative multi-media encyclopedia is not possible”.