Title: Opening up WordPress.tv to the World! Author: jerrysarcastic Published: February 13, 2013 Last modified: June 22, 2016 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jerrysarcastic/) [jerrysarcastic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jerrysarcastic/) 5:06 pm _on_ February 13, 2013 Tags: [wordpress.tv ( 337 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/wordpress-tv/) # Opening up WordPress.tv to the World! So, for those of you who tuned in to the office hoursOffice Hours Defined times when the Global Community Team are in the #community-events Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance. You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time. confab [on IRC today](https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-events&day=2013-02-13&sort=asc), you know that we’re talking about doing something big. VERY BIG. > **We’re opening the uploader to the public… BOOM!** We’re considering opening up the forward-facing uploader (similar to what WC organizers use) for anyone to contribute video content to WordPress.tv, including tutorials, WordPress meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our [Meetup Organizer Handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/meetup-organizer/). presentations, and other educational content.  Wow. 🙂 For this merry band of moderators that kind of announcement means a lot of exciting changes, and will also require all of your help to pull off successfully. ## Help us with submission standards Here’s where you can help out. **We need to create good guidelines** for what can and can’t be published, and hopefully have a draft document pulled together by the time we meet next week. I’ve started a new page for us to all work on, so please visit [Public Video Submission Standards](http://wptvmods.wordpress.com/public-video-submission-guidelines/) page, and think about the following things: * What is there that needs to be changed? * Anything missing that needs to be added? * What should we be telling people we will (and will not) accept for submission? Leave your thoughts in the comments on that page or in this post **[Public Video Submission Standards »](http://wptvmods.wordpress.com/public-video-submission-guidelines/)** [#wordpress-tv](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/wordpress-tv/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2013/02/13/opening-up-wordpress-tv-to-the-world/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2013/02/13/opening-up-wordpress-tv-to-the-world/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2013/02/13/opening-up-wordpress-tv-to-the-world/?share=bluesky) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2013/02/13/opening-up-wordpress-tv-to-the-world/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2013/02/13/opening-up-wordpress-tv-to-the-world/?share=x) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2013/02/13/opening-up-wordpress-tv-to-the-world/?share=linkedin) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fcommunity%2F2013%2F02%2F13%2Fopening-up-wordpress-tv-to-the-world%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/86bb3fa9fcfe57b8d313e527e9e02bde810951b25722b4717b0953a6c8db41b2? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [Eric Mann](http://eamann.com) 5:52 pm _on_ February 13, 2013 3. Missed the office hoursOffice Hours Defined times when the Global Community Team are in the [#community-events](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/community-events/) Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time., so I’ll voice my concerns here. I’m worried about volume. Right now we limit the number of videos we publish per day to prevent spamming those who subscribe to feeds. If/when we open the uploader to the public, how many more videos will be flowing in to the queue? Will we lift our publish- per-day limit any to account for the sudden influx of new content? 4. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cd26c82db40b1e515c8bd0be8db838d374a0eae2abcdaac5aff92b7857fe6bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Jerry Bates](http://jerrysarcastic.wordpress.com) 11:21 am _on_ February 14, 2013 * I did not think about how this could “flood” the RSS feedRSS Feed RSS is an acronym for Real Simple Syndication which is a type of web feed which allows users to access updates to online content in a standardized, computer-readable format. This is the feed.. I imagine it’s a smaller concern when compared to how to deal with Spam, and how to deal with all those videos! Will you be in IRC for the next office hoursOffice Hours Defined times when the Global Community Team are in the [#community-events](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/community-events/) Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time.? - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/86bb3fa9fcfe57b8d313e527e9e02bde810951b25722b4717b0953a6c8db41b2? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Eric Mann](http://eamann.com) 5:26 pm _on_ February 14, 2013 - I’ll do my best to be there. Missed the last one due to a scheduling conflict. - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cd26c82db40b1e515c8bd0be8db838d374a0eae2abcdaac5aff92b7857fe6bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Jerry Bates](http://jerrysarcastic.wordpress.com) 11:19 am _on_ February 15, 2013 - No worries. This might be one of those “all hands on deck” kind of chats, methinks, so having your thoughts (as a senior mod) would be a big help. 🙂 * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b05515d99fd57a71fa6eeb3e1113c25bba8ad76cb1897a5cbdacee24f93423dc? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Jason Tucker](http://abstrakone.wordpress.com/) 12:50 pm _on_ February 14, 2013 * I’m with you in that opening this up could lead to too many videos being submitted. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/05b0377c2687b822e8a5fece51d3cd7e57f175c29f87e28bb9adeecdd365f09b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Aditya Jain](http://www.theadityajain.com) 5:47 am _on_ February 15, 2013 * Yes that can be a concern too. Too many feeds at a time from WordPress.tv may irritate some people. May be we can disable feeds for that categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. (how?) and send a newsletter periodically. (weekly or fortnightly) (like CodePoet sends newsletter). - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/86bb3fa9fcfe57b8d313e527e9e02bde810951b25722b4717b0953a6c8db41b2? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Eric Mann](http://eamann.com) 7:50 am _on_ February 15, 2013 - This is something I’ll try to bring up during office hoursOffice Hours Defined times when the Global Community Team are in the [#community-events](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/community-events/) Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time., but why are we so concerned about feeds? There isn’t an explict option anywhere on WordPress.tv (that I can find) that allows you to subscribe to a feed in the first place. Meaning anyone who _is_ subscribed is knowledgeable enough to append /feed to a URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org and should understand they’re getting the firehose of content. Considering there are other video sites that allow you to subscribe in such a fashion as you get _everything_ and they don’t set any sort of 3/4-post-per-day limit, I’m a bit confused as to what exactly we’re trying to achive. - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cd26c82db40b1e515c8bd0be8db838d374a0eae2abcdaac5aff92b7857fe6bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Jerry Bates](http://jerrysarcastic.wordpress.com) 11:01 am _on_ February 15, 2013 - I agree, [@ericmann](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ericmann/) this should not be a concern IMHO. One place it needs to be adjusted though is the Planet WordPress feed that we all have as a module in the dashboard. Currently it’s dominated by WC videos. - Then again, it’s maybe not such a bad thing. That 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. never was that useful to me, or any user I know of. At least now it has awesome videos! 🙂 5. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a9710cdfd4ea0067ac64dbaf8ea6043b9db7dd94720c7aaa11f57118b368050? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 6. [Chandra Maharzan](http://nhuja.com/) 9:39 pm _on_ February 13, 2013 7. Its great but I am sure there will be a lot of spam unless there is a automatic review process.. and reject those that do not qualify certain standards. Take into consideration that we will be spending more time reviewing “low grade” videos while “good WC videos” might stack up.. 🙂 8. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cd26c82db40b1e515c8bd0be8db838d374a0eae2abcdaac5aff92b7857fe6bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Jerry Bates](http://jerrysarcastic.wordpress.com) 11:20 am _on_ February 14, 2013 * I think we’re all worried about spam (a serious concern) and what increased submissions does to our workload. Can you make next week’s office hoursOffice Hours Defined times when the Global Community Team are in the [#community-events](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/community-events/) Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time. on IRC? It would be good to have you in the room! 9. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ee4239f37edd3c1b3c9ebb35fc27369060cff3c03945f4fccbc83cad7bf8e8e4? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 10. Michael 8:24 am _on_ February 14, 2013 11. Not sure about the spam issue for feeds but the information that could be shared with this, IMHO, would far outweigh this issue. We would definitely need standards for stopping spam in the videos. I would see this as a bigger issue that the feeds. 12. Not sure about the volume, especially initially, but the 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). and then the meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our [Meetup Organizer Handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/meetup-organizer/). videos should take priority for reviewing. 13. WordPressTV could (should) be the place to get all you need to learn and keep updated with WordPress. 🙂 14. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cd26c82db40b1e515c8bd0be8db838d374a0eae2abcdaac5aff92b7857fe6bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Jerry Bates](http://jerrysarcastic.wordpress.com) 11:18 am _on_ February 14, 2013 * +1000 to your last statement! 15. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/05b0377c2687b822e8a5fece51d3cd7e57f175c29f87e28bb9adeecdd365f09b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 16. [Aditya Jain](http://www.theadityajain.com) 6:07 am _on_ February 15, 2013 17. Why we start at spam and all the other problems, those thing will only after we start accepting public videos. If we own an umbrella we don’t wait for rain and then only go out. Almost every WordPress website receives thousands of login attempts and millions of spams but they do not stop blogging or close their site. 18. Of course spam and other issues are the matter of foremost concern but more important is starting it up. And of course we don’t have to start it now immediately. But we must give it a thumbs up and start with things like drafting a internal and public documentation/guideline and tightening the video guideline. 19. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a9710cdfd4ea0067ac64dbaf8ea6043b9db7dd94720c7aaa11f57118b368050? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Chandra Maharzan](http://nhuja.com/) 6:51 am _on_ February 15, 2013 * I know where you guys come from. It opens doors to many creative people for sure. We will need to get more reviewers in this case. Just remember that each WC video averages around 45 mins and thats a lot of time for a review. And when it starts to get more videos uploaded, its hard to keep a check. Since you have to like watch every second of the video to see possible “watermark”.. And its really hard to build an automated systems that reject videos. 🙂 * But I agree on it. Lets make it public. Just concerned about possible logjam in near future. 🙂 * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cd26c82db40b1e515c8bd0be8db838d374a0eae2abcdaac5aff92b7857fe6bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Jerry Bates](http://jerrysarcastic.wordpress.com) 11:11 am _on_ February 15, 2013 * Spam is a big fear of mine too (because it is a reality, not a possibility) and traditionally a big problem in the wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/) support forums, from speaking to a few people I know who are mods there. I think there are two ways to keep this in check: - CAPTCHA – Which I hate to use, but is proven to be effective. The .org forums recently added one after years of “holding out” and it has been a big help. - Must attach a video – Which will also weed out the bots - Not sure if this can be done, but Akismet for submissions (like is used on comments) would be HUGE. * - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca73401f9de6a39263048c0239d21fb8393f055045af5d7f3e03417a1bfecc3? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - Andrea Middleton 9:40 am _on_ February 19, 2013 - Currently, it is required to attach a video file, so I’m thinking that we might see much less spam than you’re seeing on the .org forums. Requiring a video file attachment will really cut down/eliminate bots, according to Ozz. Let’s see what happens when we start getting 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). submissions. 🙂 * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cd26c82db40b1e515c8bd0be8db838d374a0eae2abcdaac5aff92b7857fe6bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Jerry Bates](http://jerrysarcastic.wordpress.com) 9:58 am _on_ February 19, 2013 * I was wondering about that; I agree that will help cut down the bot spam. - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a24861b3fbc763fda840098543559571d1f8a60c66ca60023e3a785aaaf89170? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [AJ Morris](http://andrewmorris.wordpress.com/) 11:38 pm _on_ February 19, 2013 - CAPTCHA is also a PITA for accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. 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