WordPress.tv Moderator Update: Week 7

Welcome to the official blog of the TV review team for WordPress.tv

We approve and publish all videos on WordPress.tv as well as help WordCamps with video post-production and captioning and subtitling of published videos.

We use this P2P2 “P2” is the name of the theme the blogs of make.wordpress.org use. When asked to post or view something “on the p2” by a member of the WPTV team, that usually means you’re asked to check https://make.wordpress.org/tv. to post our progress, status reports, and occasional geeky video debates. Use the “Subscribe to Blog via Email” widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. to follow along!

Want to help us?

Video Editing — You can see what videos we have that need editing in this spreadsheet. No special credentials are needed, just download the raw video file, and use your favorite app to edit.

Get started here!

Subtitles/captions — You can help us extend the reach of of WordPress.tv by adding captions or subtitles to any published video. Just find your favorite video, and follow the steps here to create a caption/translation file and submit for review.

Weekly meetings

We use Slack for real-time communication. As contributors live all over the world, there are discussions happening at all hours of the day. We have weekly team meetings every Thursday at 17:00 UTC, and they are open to the public!

Our meeting is every Thursday at 15:00 UTC in the #wptv channel on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. (Find out more about Slack.)

You’re welcome to listen in, or say “hi!” We would love to have your help.

As weeks go, this has been a big one. Why? Because we’re considering opening WordPress.tv to the public, so anyone can upload and contribute their videos from WordPress meetups, screencasting tutorials, vodcasts, etc.

Considering that ATM we only publish WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. videos (and other announcements) this is a big change, for us as moderators, and for the WordPress community as a whole. It’s exciting, kind of scary, and could change the face of WordPress.tv forever! You know, no pressure. 🙂

Here’s a look back, and a look ahead

Last Week:

Got our new moderators oriented and up to speed.

Several improvements to our process documentation. (ongoing)

A big discussion on IRC about that thing I just mentioned. [Log]

Next Week:

Expanded submission standards documentation to deal with public submissions.

More discussion about that thing I just mentioned on our moderator P2.

What do you think about making WordPress.tv available to more than just WordCamps? Questions? Concerns? Suggestions? Please let us know in the comments below, or join us next week for office hours on IRC and be a part of the conversation.

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Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 8:34 pm on February 14, 2013

Uploaded and published, or uploaded and pending approval? The latter I’m for. 🙂
- Jerry Bates (JerrySarcastic) 8:46 pm on February 14, 2013
  
  Yes, it would be moderated content.
  
  As someone who deals with their fair share of spam in the forums, I’d love your feedback on how we can deal with it effectively. We’re starting from the assumption that people are good by their nature, but we don’t want to be stuck moderating a bunch of Cialis and Viagra videos either, so we have our concerns because, well, this is the internet after all.
Jon Brown 9:11 am on February 18, 2013

Swear I posted an earlier response to this (maybe it’d in moderation queue?).

I really dislike the idea of WordPress.tv hosting non-WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. videos. I think that TED is a good model. TEDx videos are available on the TEDx sites, but very few ever get picked up and promoted to the main TED site. Similarly I think very few tutorials, meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. videos, etc rise to the quality of WordCamp videos. Add to that the differing formats, screen casts next to 2 hours of meetup next to a WordCamp talk, and I think it dilutes the value of WordPress.tv’s high quality content.
- Jerry Bates (JerrySarcastic) 6:03 pm on February 18, 2013
  
  Hi Jon. Thanks for that comment (not sure what happened to the other) and I happen to agree. Those are great thoughts, and I will be sure to add them to our upcoming discussions. 🙂