Difference between revisions of "Category talk:Videos"

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Video page standards

There ought to be a special page for this perhaps, but I'm going to put it here.

I think the best way to standardize the appearance of the video pages is to make a standard formatting guide. Here is my suggestion:

REPLACE SECTIONS IN CAPS WITH SPECIFIC INFORMATION
{{Blogpic
|blogger = [[BLOGGER'S NAME]]
|name = [[TITLE OF THE VIDEO]]
|image = SCREEN CAPTURE HERE
|caption = SHORT DESCRIPTION OR COMMENT OF SCREEN CAPTURE
|number = FOUR-DIGIT NUMBER
|date = DATE OF POSTING IN THE FORM "JUNE 16TH, 2006"
|url = [EXTERNAL LINK TO VIDEO]
|description = YOUTUBE VIDEO DESCRIPTION
|song = NAME OF THE SONG AND ARTIST
|tags = [[ALL]] [[THE]] [[YOUTUBE]] [[TAGS]] [[AS]] [[LINKS]]}}

'''TITLE OF THE VIDEO''' is the SPELLED-OUT ORDINAL NUMBER video in the Lonelygirl15 [[List of Lonelygirl15 videos|video series]]. A SHORT, ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO MAY GO HERE.

=== Transcript ===
(''BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO'')

'''PERSON SPEAKING:''' WHATEVER THEY SAY. (''ACTION THEY PERFORM'') MORE TALK.

(''DESCRIPTION OF SCENE WITH EXTENDED ACTIONS AND NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE'')

'''PERSON SPEAKING:''' FURTHER DIALOGUE, ALL IN ONE PARAGRAPH UNLESS ANOTHER SCENE AS ABOVE.

{{Nextblog
|Previous = TITLE OF PREVIOUS VIDEO
|Current = TITLE OF THIS VIDEO
|Next = TITLE OF NEXT VIDEO
}}

The issue still exists that there are other sections that may exist on the page. In particular we currently have pages with "Notes", "Fun Facts", "Possible Clues", "Observations", "Original YouTube Teaser" and "External Links" I think these should also be standardized, perhaps into two categories. One, facts that are objectively observable within the video, and two, connections to external trivia and speculation as to the meaning. Perhaps that's three, I'm not sure. Then again, maybe just "Notes" would suffice.

"Original YouTube Teaser" is only on one video, and might as well stay, but I think "External Links" doesn't deserve its own section; a link could certainly be included in the notes, but shouldn't stand alone. For instance, the one external link I added to a video should probably either be turned into a comment in the "Notes" section, or simply moved to the Aleister Crowley page. --Brucker 09:06, 24 October 2006 (PDT)

Well, if nobody has anything to say about this, I'm going to go ahead and apply what I have above. I'm going to make the third section be "Notes" and either remove or edit any stand-alone links. If anyone can think of a better place to put this for future reference...?--Brucker 08:02, 25 October 2006 (PDT)

Okay, here we go, a video should look like this:

REPLACE SECTIONS IN CAPS WITH SPECIFIC INFORMATION
{{Blog3 
| name        = TITLE OF THE VIDEO
| number      = FOUR-DIGIT NUMBER
| image       = SCREEN CAPTURE HERE
| caption     = SHORT DESCRIPTION OR COMMENT OF SCREEN CAPTURE
| blogger     = [[BLOGGER'S NAME]]
| date        = DATE OF POSTING IN THE FORM "JUNE 16TH, 2006"
| url         = [EXTERNAL LINK TO VIDEO]
| description = YOUTUBE VIDEO DESCRIPTION 
| tags        = [[ALL]] [[THE]] [[YOUTUBE]] [[TAGS]] [[AS]] [[LINKS]]

<!-- Production Credits leave blank after "=" if data is not available -->
| execprod    = 
| producers   = 
| directors   = 
| camera      = 
| vidplay     = 
| story       = 
| editor      = 
| song        = NAME OF THE SONG AND ARTIST

<!-- Specify cast in reverse of desired order. The first listed will be displayed last. -->
| character1  = CHARACTER'S NAME
| actor1      = PERSON PLAYING CHARACTER
| character2  = 
| actor2      = 
| character3  = 
| actor3      = 

<!-- Leave blank after "=" if there are no previous or next blogs -->
| Previous    = PREVIOUS VIDEO IN THE SERIES
| Next        = NEXT VIDEO, OR LEAVE BLANK IF MOST RECENT
}}
'''TITLE OF THE VIDEO''' is the SPELLED-OUT ORDINAL NUMBER video in the Lonelygirl15 [[List of Lonelygirl15 videos|video series]]. A SHORT, ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO MAY GO HERE.

==Transcript==
(''BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO'')

'''PERSON SPEAKING:''' WHATEVER THEY SAY. (''ACTION THEY PERFORM'') MORE TALK.

(''DESCRIPTION OF SCENE WITH EXTENDED ACTIONS AND NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE'')

'''PERSON SPEAKING:''' FURTHER DIALOGUE, ALL IN ONE PARAGRAPH UNLESS ANOTHER SCENE AS ABOVE.

==Notes==
* OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE VIDEO
* SPECULATIONS CONCERNING THE VIDEO
* VITAL EXTERNAL LINKS THAT FIT BETTER HERE THAN ELSEWHERE
* PERHAPS A SCREEN CAP OF AN IMPORTANT DETAIL OR TWO

[[Category:Videos]]
[[Category:NAME's blogs]]