Talk:YouTube/Archive 5

message: How the hell does youtube make money? They must be spending loads for all bandwidth they are using, yet I don't see a single advertisement on the entire site.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.134.164.46 (talk) 22:31, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Commercial sponsors, and the fact that they're owned by Google. Calgary (talk) 17:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  money 

message: I Fact-tagged the TriD claim in this section as it implies youtube leave the file extension string, or the magic number, encoded in the FLV. Althoughh dubious, I guess anything's possible, but a cite would be nice.
Then I noticed, and tagged, some other claims. I suppose the 300 kbps is an approximation because
I can see up to 314kbit/s as of 2007-11-08, eg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYbjnGWNoWo has 322279 bps. Also, and this may be too detailed for this article, didn't youtube previously allow both higher resolution and higher bit rates? I ask because "High resolution and high bitrate encoding test" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIzqrDDQNSI has both 1119525 bps and 450 by 338 pixels. The linked Japanese article seems to be dated January 2007 with comments in August noting that youtube has now restricted videos to low bitrate. -Wikianon 20:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video format 

message: The part that says
"YouTube was created in mid-February 2005 by three former PayPal employees.[2] The San Bruno-based service uses Adobe Flash technology to display a wide variety of video content, including movie clips, TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as videoblogging and short original videos. In October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the company for US$1.65 billion in Google stock. The deal closed on November 13, 2006.[3]"
is currently in the intro. It would go much better in the history which currently just says "Main article: History of YouTube" and then jumps straight into "Domain name problem". Not a very inviting read for the History section, is it?
--190.74.108.43 (talk) 14:00, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: I feel there should definitely be a mentioning in the section regarding formatting into .FLV files of the illegal-but-widely-available freeware YouRipper, which allows users to simply download YouTube videos directly onto their computers by copying the video URL into the filepath box and saving them as Adobe Flash Videos under the filename ".FLV" after which they can rename it and, in the absence of a media player that can stream .FLV files on your desktop, can convert to another format, or simply upload to any website that permits said file extension, including Myspace, which many users in fact do. YouRipper essentially reverses YouTube's formatting when it rips. It should be noted that there are other softwares out there capable of this.  I believe Mozilla Firefox can also accomplish this.
Also, in "#On YouTube," the sentence, "Beginning in June 2007, newly uploaded videos will also be encoded using the H.264 video standard to enable streaming of YouTube videos on the Apple TV and the iPhone." is quite obviously outdated and needs simple revision to past tense from future tense.
Thanks, Alan
--24.184.184.177 16:52, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouRipper and timeline issues 

message: I have never known youtube to allow porn on thier site, yet I found a link to porn today and amessage stating that a cnn report disclosed youtube's intention of permitting pornographic material on their site. Is any of this true, and if so why do I not see any mention of it in the article? 75.39.197.219 (talk) 05:28, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well. YouTube isn't allowing it. They're trying their best to delete all the stripper's accounts + videos and pornographic material. The thing that bothers me is that one of the most viewed videos is a XXX porno film. BrianD1996 (talk) 12:54, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Porn? 

message: There has been a discussion as to whether or not it can be used as an additional source.  Is there?--Hourick (talk) 17:44, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can it be cited as a source? 

message: Why no mention of flagging? A video can be flagged without stating of proving a reason why it should be and this cannot be reversed. I remember a FOB video was flagged when as appropiate and this was not reversedYVNP (talk) 18:57, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  flagging 

message: This should be added into the article:
http://www.webtvwire.com/why-youtube-embedded-advertisements-will-fail-invideo-ads-are-distracting/
http://www.webtvwire.com/youtube-experiments-with-embedded-in-video-advertisements-here-to-stay/
The articles talk about the "InVideo" ads, which pop up from the bottom of the video, and stay for about 20 seconds, unless the user closes them.
Here is an example of an embedded advertisement in action. After 15 seconds, you will notice a random advertisement pop up from the bottom of the video screen.
70.121.29.89 (talk) 00:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  InVideo ads 

message: Yesterday CNN International had a report about the massive use of youtube by Neo-Nazi organizations to showcase old propaganda videos of the Nazi-era and to reach new groups of people. CNN and many German newspapers and TV-reports brought the videos to the attention of youtube, but to no anvail - youtube still keeps them online. Therefore the Germen Zentralrat der Juden is going to sue youtube now. My question is, how do we get this CNN report as a source? There are many German sources about this topic, but the CNN report was extremly detailed and therefore I would like to use it, as primary reference. --noclador (talk) 07:51, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Found it http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/12/17/pleitgen.neo.nazis.on.you.tube.cnn   --noclador (talk) 08:12, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nazi Videos on you tube 

message: Think the idea of Youtube Getting a tv station will get off the ground? If so, will the idea go international?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.228.27.154 (talk) 19:13, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  youtube on tv? 

message: I was just on the site and didn't see any commercials or what so ever. How do they make money? Traffic?
:I'm uploading a video right now and am looking at an ad for the Ford '08 Escape, so my guess eould be advertising + traffic.
::For the first time I saw advertisements in full-screen mode. They only were there for a few seconds, and you could get rid of them by clicking on the x, but I think they have finally started to ad actual advertisements for you to see while watching videos. 74.38.86.119 (talk) 18:16, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  How does Youtube get money? 

message: Anyone Else noticed that it has been removed from the logo?Veggieburgerfish (talk) 01:29, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broadcast Yourself 

message: Anyone know how well Youtube enforces its copyright policy? In my opinion not so well considering that many anime shows and music videos are posted and not removed. Along with full length movies Rk589 (talk) 23:15, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It'd be better if they did allow copyright videos. Arogi Ho (talk) 01:48, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, just take a look right at this bulletin right here:[]67.87.66.127 (talk) 21:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright Material 

message: I didnt see any mention about the debates done with CNN. It should be worth a mention. First time supposed people had a chance to ask questions (I say supposed because CNN did "screen" them and some of them turned out to be operatives from other campaigns). Arnabdas (talk) 16:33, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  2007 Primary US Presidential Debates 

message: Apart from
* SaveTube
* YouTube Search and Downloader
* YouTube Catcher
* Qooqle Labs
* ViLoader
For windows exists a useful tool called YoutubeCrazyVideos 2. It is a complete desktop pack or suite (... Youtube search, Online Player,Audio extractor,Video Downloader, Local flv player, and so on...) that runs on windows without any spyware or malware that improves the youtube experience.
Should we add YoutubeCrazyVideos 2 as a 3td party tool?   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.59.58.238 (talk) 18:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Tools 

message: Dose anyone know Where or How Jawed Karim ((he rocks)) and the other 2 came up with the name YouTube? Shadowbean 20:40, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Tube" word came from CRT as broadcasting I think. OnurTcontribs 17:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube Name 

message: Me myself have reported there some animal-abuse videos and most of all, in my school a few asked me if they can have my phone to film some fight, which I accepted, however later on I removed it from my phone but others on school used their mobile for the fights and I don't know if they have uploaded this on Youtube or not. --Flesh-n-Bone 11:28, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm just saying it, as such stuff are mentioned. --Flesh-n-Bone 12:19, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

text: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/request.py, Report Abuse - Spam and contact YouTube team. OnurTcontribs 19:34, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam 

message: With the increased use of educators to use youtube as a medium of  distributing their lectures, i think that there should be a wiki listing the universities with youtube channels.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.82.51.28 (talk) 16:02, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Universities on youtube 

message: I must reveal that Youtube has numerous racist videos, and such things promote hatred and violence toward race, ethnics and color. My view seems to be shared by at least 1 other user, as you can see from the first Racism section above. Here is the evidence:
I beg all of you to consider putting this in the article. Please consider well. Thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aidoflight (talk • contribs) November 18 2007
: Racists exist? What's your point? 82.112.142.123 (talk) 18:10, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it's been said before, but...reliable sources. If you can confirm that your view has recieved significant attention from reliable third party sources then it can go in. Otherwise...Calgary (talk) 17:39, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

text: How is "America Sucks" and "Canadian Idiot" racist? Arogi Ho (talk) 16:11, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  RACISM 

message: Does anyone think we should split the social impact section into a new article called "Social impact of YouTube"? This is page is already 62 kilobytes long. If no one responds within a week, I'll go ahead and do it. Noah¢s (Talk) 21:00, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article split? 

message: Other wikis (such as Uncylopedia or Encyclopedia Dramatica) are able to paste Youtube videos directly into their articles. Is there a way that can be done on Wikipedia? --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 03:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube videos on Wikipedia 

message: The ban has been lifted, please update the article --88.241.65.126 (talk) 19:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Turkey 

message: I don't think it's the same guy. We should note that. Otherwise, we have a serious libel case on our hands. Justin(c)(u) 16:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That section isn't written well. It's obviously some other Anthony Anderson. I removed the name to eliminate consufion. Cool Hand Luke 19:31, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anthony Anderson 

message: jih\  —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheAmericanUhate (talk • contribs) 21:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Youtube mods

message: Is it pronounced YouChoob or YouToob?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Roxy2k7 (talk • contribs) 07:50, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe this depends on the person and/or their regional accent, so both are correct.  Kind of like how some people say "Toosday" and others "Chewsday" for "Tuesday". • Supāsaru 14:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouChoob or YouToob? 

message: Recently there was a breakthrough regarding uploading High Quality videos to Youtube as shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiQRCbdhh6o
If you look at the sidebar, you'd find that the method no longer works. I thought it might be noteworthy to add this into the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.171.123.60 (talk) 20:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  HD Controversy 

message: It seems to me, that no one right here knows that: Uploaded videos which are in flv-format and have an average bitrate below or equal to 350kbit/s don't get re-encoded! So you can retain any resolution (for example 480x360, which is the size of the flash-player-window) and use any mp3-stream (for example cd-quality 128kbit/s with 44.1kHz/stereo). I recommend Mencoder. In the post above this one they said, that youtube recently removed such a feature. But that's not true. For testing-purposes I uploaded a custom-flv-video before some minutes and it still works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AlCAFC5ZOI  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.193.249.214 (talk) 12:51, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice sound quality. I guess they did something to prevent the 11 minutes hex cheat and nobody noticed they still could upload High Quality vids.- Master Bigode from SRK.o//(Talk) (Contribs) 15:03, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

text: It looks alright, but it's not as clear as what HD tricks could do. In addition, this vid explains how that method works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC2EPfsfllI . I'll consider adding in your bit, though.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by EvilThouther (talk • contribs) 20:01, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  you CAN avoid youtubes re-encoding of your videos 

message: The following was posted, and I have deleted due to it not being well-written, sounding biased, probably not being true, and not being cited at any rate.
Edit it with sources if you have them.
Theonejanitor (talk) 07:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Censorship Section Removed 

message: Could someone please review the material at the following URL and decide whether it is worth mentioning under the "censorship" section? The website is fairly reputable and contains a decent quantity of evidence.
http://ipower.movielol.org/youtube-anon.php  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.149.189.120 (talk) 03:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is more legitimate than the Chirs Croker incident. That turned out to be a site error when he changed his icon. The view count freeze seems to have affected a lot of videos, even one by MRirian who is a Youtube partner, and doesn't even speak in her latest video!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.206.124.190 (talk) 06:02, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Censorship of February 10th Protests against Church of Scientology 

message: In the section "History of Youtube," it is worth noting that since then, the tubing company website has moved from utube.com to utubeonline.com in response to the increased trafic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.116.222.46 (talk) 02:11, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Utube 

message: There are so many xenophobic, nazi and antisemitic videos. Just type in Youtube search russian nazi or something like this and you'll get many hate videos. -Unknown
I want to further add to your point regarding japanese right wings.
I recently found out a lot of japanese right wing activists' propaganda. Frequent denial on nanking massacre and anti chinese videos were common. Those acts were clearly consistent with japanese right wing's philosophy. Also there were videos related to historical revisionism.
At the same time there were anti-japanese propaganda by chinese and koreans. Those often exchange fire with the japanese counterparts and cause great consternation to the general public.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.21.154.111 (talk) 07:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greate place for hate videos 

message: Many people are getting this error ("500 Internal Server Error") lately along with a message about highly trained monkeys being dispatched to fix the problem.  However, the problem has persisted for several days now, which points to either the severity of the problem, or youtube (and Google) engineering's inability to remedy the situation, or both.  I think this problem should be included in the main article to comment on youtube's technology.  Todd (talk) 19:39, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  500 Internal Server Error 

message: Youtube is very fun place to watch funny and sad exciting ect. vedios but it can be danrous. So don't make a vedio were you live and who old you are because,thats not very safe.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.4.179.105 (talk) 21:37, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is freakin' truth. --63.212.164.234 (talk) 22:54, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  youtube 

message: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7261727.stm
Did it apparently because it was showing images of Muhammad and insulting the Islamic faith.
65.255.147.8 (talk) 19:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pakistan Blocks YouTube 

message: I wanted to add these URLs as references but the page is locked:
Technical summary by Alex Pilosov on the network operators' mailing list nanog: http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg06384.html
Technical timeline:
http://www.renesys.com/blog/2008/02/pakistan_hijacks_youtube.shtml  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.46.209.99 (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: More references for Pakistan incident

message: YouTube has mysteriously not responded lately.
"DNS highjackers have effectively blocked YouTube globally by gaining control of the root domain record. whois youtube.com returns a poisoned record:
disruptive:~ stevey$ whois youtube.com
Whois Server Version 2.0
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net/
for detailed information.
YOUTUBE.COM.ZZZZZ.GET.LAID.AT.WWW.SWINGINGCOMMUNITY.COM
YOUTUBE.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
YOUTUBE.COM.IS.N0T.AS.1337.AS.WWW.GULLI.COM
YOUTUBE.COM
Traceroute to www.youtube.com shows packets disappearing into a Hong Kong ISP, PCCW Telecom.
"
(from a Slashdot post)
http://samspade.org/whois/youtube.com
Tracerouting youtube.com just stops at my ISP's routers (TeliaSonera) with time outs.
--nlitement [talk] 19:30, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Appearing on digg.com too: http://digg.com/tech_news/Youtube_Offline_3; this may be notable. If this really is a DNS hijacking case, well ... vow! --77.4.227.252 (talk) 20:38, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube hijacked 

message: I think that we should add a new place called Most Famous Youtube VIdeos  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Birdy541 (talk • contribs) 00:03, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Area 

message: Recently there was some vanadlsim with content removed. []. Most of the content has been restroed howerever the catagroies have not been added back. Since I can't edit the page myself can someone plese fix this. --76.71.210.13 (talk) 01:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. DiverseMentality (talk) 02:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help with vanadlism 

message: At the end of the section it implies that John Howard is the prime minister of Australia when in fact he is the former PM. Please change this?
78.151.123.219 (talk) 20:00, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Esanchez(Talk 2 me or Sign here) 20:05, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Politics Section 

message: From the page:
Cory Williams (aka Mr. Safety of smpfilms) is the host of the first national television show to spawn from video bloggers. It's a "best of the net" type show called The FIZZ[97] on DirecTV channel 101 in the United States.[98] on DirecTV channel 101.
DirecTV channel 101 in the United States on DirecTV channel 101...? 163.192.21.44 (talk) 05:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Taken care of. DiverseMentality (talk) 05:29, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repetition 

message: A thing being discussed on youtube as of late are militant Jihadist groups which flag videos critical of Islam in droves, getting the creator's account suspended. This has led to a lot of people calling it "islamotube" and "muslimtube".  Should a new section be created on the page for this?
VinTheMetalhed (talk) 20:11, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Islamotube 

message: it woudl be interestign if there was at elast a mention ont he article about the possbiility to download the flv files, what Youtube has done to prevent that and such. Even if the article won't mention the exact techiniques used to reach the files, having the possibility of doing it aswell as the reasons why Youtube tries to make it hard would be somthing I woudl think would add much to the article in terms of quality and usch --TiagoTiago (talk) 13:15, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Direct access tot he uploaded flv 

message: its now css, music is my hot hot sex.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.241.8.147 (talk) 19:25, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  most viewed 

message: Can we please include a section on ripping youtube vids? This is a big thing, and doesn't violate the terms of YouTube or Google. I guess it's the advantage of YouTube over other video sites. http://tubezaa.com/ is a good site which does this (there are a whole list of them). What are peoples thoughts? 130.220.153.164 (talk) 12:24, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ripping YouTube vids 

message: We need a section on Youtube Poop. Definitely. They're the things I watch when I'm feeling down and they make it all better. If you don't understand what a Youtube Poop is then type in 'Youtube Poop' in the search bar on Youtube and pick one. Some think they are a random assortment of clips, some think they are awesome. I am one of those people who enjoy them. Please do not delete my post, I am doing my best not to have a POV here...--Editor510 (talk) 16:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Youtube Poop 

message: What about to write a list of most notable channels on YouTube?--Kozuch (talk) 20:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most notable channels 

message: Have renamed the section Banning to Blocking, 'cause they block access to YouTube and I think they are not able to ban YouTube. xeryus (talk) 01:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banning or Blocking? 

message: Can we change the page so that searching for "Youtube awards" redirects to the YouTube Awards page, and not to the YouTube page?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.95.36.13 (talk) 18:09, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirects 

message: Don't remove it because there are chain letters on Youtube. Claimgoal (talk) 01:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chain letters section 

message: It's April Fools Day and YouTube has been hacked
User:DMRiggs  —Preceding unsigned comment added by DMRiggs (talk • contribs) 09:12, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured videos have been rick rolled 

message: Get rid of the chain letters section; there's absolutely no reason for it to be there.  It looks childish.  Come one, just look at those.. 72.200.27.179 (talk) 02:01, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the content. Childish indeed. DiverseMentality (talk) 02:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chain letters 

message: I'm not a wikipedia commentor or editor but I saw this article was lacking on the history of the founding of the company which seems like pretty interesting and important info.
See this time magazine article about the history of youtube here's link  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.125.157.64 (talk) 20:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube History 

message: I would suggest we scrap almost everything in the section on "Spamming", as it is too lengthy to be relevant to the purpose of the site (videos and social networking) and is line after line of unsourced WP:OR. Ironiridis 15:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Spamming" section full of OR 

message: Almost every Youtube user (if not all) have realized how horrible the video qualities are.
Almost no matter how high the video quality is before a user uploads the video, it turns bad right when it is uploaded. People want to watch videos with high quality right? Well, fortunately there's a way to make them about 3 times better than the original video was. Explanation:
1. Find a youtube video.
2. Open the video.
3. At the end of the video url, add "&fmt=18" (this is what makes the video quality better)
4. Refresh the page make sure the &fmt=18 is still in the URL, if not, copy and paste the URL with the &fmt=18 at the end into your browser, and enjoy good quality videos.
Example:
1. Regular youtube video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QSIFvtn1uHA
2. Better quality of same video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QSIFvtn1uHA&fmt=18
Notice the difference?
Enjoy.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sortmasivci (talk • contribs) 20:08, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Youtube Quality Tweak 

message: I dont know to much about it. Id like to though. Anyone know anything about it and if its worth noting in the wikipedia page.
Its that video that was like 2 minuets and it had no ip address and no one knows who uploaded it.
Anyone know more about it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Omgtkkyb1992 (talk • contribs) 22:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure I have any idea what you are talking about. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 15:16, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The creepy video? 

message: I don't know if it's just temporary or if it's permanent, but the YouTube logo is different. It has the same style but the rectangle around the "Tube" part looked like a map instesd of being red. Anyone know anything about this? Ogdens (talk) 15:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a one off logo. Its only there because today is Earth Day.Samaster1991 (talk) 15:46, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not to mention it's a Google property. Google usually puts up a special logo for events like this. Pacific Coast Highway {Spring • ahead!} 16:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New YouTube Logo? 

message: Hey, youtubes got a new logo, we should change it from the one Wikipedia has right now  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.126.130.26 (talk) 20:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  new logo 

message: ~Guys ref number 4 says "YouTube spends roughly $1 million a day" and thats a blog (March 25, 2008,) whilst
businessweek gives  a in  an article " Current estimates range from $900,000 to $1.5 million per month"	SEPTEMBER 18, 2006Megistias (talk) 22:35, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's CNNMoney.com, the blog is subject to editorial oversight.  I'd note that given the exponential growth of youtube over the last several years, its entirely plausible that the the cost of hosting and bandwith rose so significantly. It is the most recent of the two article, from a notable verified source. It should stand. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 15:22, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So it went from 12 million per year costs that are losses at the same time to 365 million per year costs that are losses as well?Megistias (talk) 11:17, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm not sure about your synthesis - but from the article here it clearly states "However, delivering all those free video clips isn’t cheap. YouTube sends a staggering 1,000 gigabytes of data every second, or nearly 300 billion GBs each month. Several industry insiders estimate that YouTube spends roughly $1 million a day just to pay for the bandwidth to host the videos. By that number, YouTube downloads would account for roughly 3% of Google’s $11.5 billion operating costs for 2007." A cost of operation does not necessarily equal a financial loss. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 12:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Its just that they were not making profits yet as youtube they links say.So they truly spend the 1 mill per day today?Megistias (talk) 13:03, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cost per month and day 

message: Please read in the link below how the Scientology has circumvented YouTube's TOS:
http://glosslip.com/2008/04/30/with-enough-money-you-can-circumvent-youtubes-tos-on-banned-accounts/
This needs to be added to the main article to show YouTube's corruption.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.183.106.150 (talk) 17:28, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  CoS circumvents YouTube's TOS. 

message: *
:Quite an interesting double standard, indeed.  Cirt (talk) 14:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube rolls out Scientology double standard 

message: Is youtube server down for maintaince or something?
I cannot see any videos.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MidNiteNeko (talk • contribs) 12:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, me and a number of friends do not have access to the site. It is apparently completely down; reason unknown--FeanorStar7 (talk) 13:18, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

text: It's a DNS issue...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.121.114.29 (talk) 13:31, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it Pakistan blocking access again?Norgy (talk) 14:26, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thought it was just me. Curious. I doubt this is of any significance to the article though AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 16:18, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See also: .  It looks like there were some technical problems for an hour or so. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 20:22, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Youtube outage? 

message: From "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_YouTube":
"On May 05, 2008, YouTube was blocked again by Telekomünikasyon İletişim Başkanlığı, according to the order of Ankara 11. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi, April 24, 2008 of 2008/468."
And i can confirm because i am in tukey and when i try to visit YouTube i get these:
"BU SİTEYE ERİŞİM ENGELLENMİŞTİR
Ankara 11. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi, 24/04/2008 tarih ve 2008/468 nolu kararı gereği bu siteye erişim TELEKOMÜNİKASYON İLETİŞİM BAŞKANLIĞI'nca engellenmiştir.
Access to this web site is banned by "TELEKOMÜNİKASYON İLETİŞİM BAŞKANLIĞI" according to the order of: Ankara 11. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi, 24/04/2008 of 2008/468.
Ankara 5. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi, 30/04/2008 tarih ve 2008/599 nolu kararı gereği bu siteye erişim TELEKOMÜNİKASYON İLETİŞİM BAŞKANLIĞI'nca engellenmiştir.
Access to this web site is banned by "TELEKOMÜNİKASYON İLETİŞİM BAŞKANLIĞI" according to the order of: Ankara 5. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi, 30/04/2008 of 2008/599 ."
thanks --MacApp (talk) 13:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: screenshots? Altonbr (talk) 13:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banned in Turkey again 

message: I just incidentally discovered that Real Player offers its own Ripping tool and can play .flv files too. It must've surreptitiously come in an update because it wasn't there via a small box the last time I visited YouTube. I guess it's worth mentioning.
Thanks,
-Alan 24.184.184.177 (talk) 03:47, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There are numerous downloading tools for YouTube videos but due to the need to avoid advertising and long lists of spam links, the article does not mention any by name.  RealPlayer 11 (launched in November 2007) has a tool for downloading and playing FLV files, not only from YouTube.  There are also online tools, eg this one.  There are also standalone FLV players, see Flash Video.  --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 18:30, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube ripping tools 

message: In March 2008 YouTube rolled out is high quality videos (see picture in the article).  However, both of the videos in the picture shown in the article are H.263 encoded and the high quality video is not H.264/MPEG-4 AVC as stated at the launch.  This may be because H.264 is supported only in the latest version of Adobe Flash Player 9, known as Moviestar.  Since there are always plenty of computers without the latest plugins, H.263 represents a safer bet. Also, the sound in the HQ video in the picture is in mono (44100Hz 96kbps MP3 compared to 22050Hz 64kbps in a standard YouTube video). --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 14:32, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the part of the article saying that the high quality videos are in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format with stereo sound.  YouTube said that it would be using this format when it launched the HQ videos, but a look at the stream information of the current HQ videos shows that they are H.263 encoded with mono sound. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:21, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: After looking into this further, things have become clearer.  YouTube's High Quality videos are available in two formats, &fmt=6 and &fmt=18.  First, find a video that is available in High Quality, eg Watermelon Nights at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AexPuBei-Hk .  At this web address, the video plays in the standard YouTube format: 320x240px, H.263 video, MP3 audio, 22050Hz mono.  Adding &fmt=6 to the end of the web address will play the video as follows: 480x360px, H.263 video, MP3 audio, 44100Hz mono.  Adding &fmt=18 to the end of the web address will play the video as follows: 480x360px, H.264 video (MPEG4-AVC), AAC audio, 44100Hz stereo.
One issue that I have run into is that selecting the "watch in high quality" option on the web page brings up the &fmt=6 version.  This is despite having a fast connection and the latest Flash plugin which can handle H.264 videos.  On its Video Playback Quality settings page , YouTube has three options:
* Choose my video quality dynamically, based on the current connection speed.
* I have a slow connection. Never play higher-quality video.
* I have a fast connection. Always play higher quality video when it's available.
Even after choosing the third option, YouTube was still choosing the &fmt=6 version by default.  The only way to get the H.264 version to play was to add &fmt=18 manually to the web address.  This is a bit of a nuisance, and it would be interesting to hear how other users have been experiencing YouTube's High Quality videos.
To watch the &fmt=18 version, it is necessary to have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player 9 installed .  The best way to check whether the sound is in stereo is to listen on headphones, and the soundtrack of Watermelon Nights is in stereo provided that you are watching the &fmt=18 version.  Incidentally, the file sizes of the different versions of Watermelon Nights on YouTube are as follows:
* standard: 6.27MB
* &fmt=6: 19.2MB
* &fmt=18: 11.1MB
There is also a version of Watermelon Nights at http://www.channelfrederator.com/methminute39/episode/TMM_20071206 , with the following format: 480x360px, H.263 video, MP3 audio, 44100Hz stereo.  The file size is 42.3MB due to the generous video bit rate of 2100kbps.  This version has the best video quality.
Some of this will find its way into the article as time permits. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 13:42, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

text: I tried adding manually the &fmt=18 setting but it keeps showing me the standard version. And there is no "&fmt=xx" ending in my browser anyway, so i can only guess that i see the &fmt=6 version when i click the HQ option. Charea (talk) 14:48, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The format codes should be added to the address given in the address bar of the browser, which is usually at the top of the screen.  To save time, the full links to the High Quality versions are as follows:
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AexPuBei-Hk&fmt=6 (480x360px H.263 mono)
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AexPuBei-Hk&fmt=18 (480x360px H.264 stereo)
If in doubt, try refreshing the page (often by pressing F5 on the keyboard). --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 15:07, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  High and standard quality videos  - which format is YouTube using? 

message: For what purpose are the articles Social impact of YouTube and Criticism of YouTube sequestered away with only a 'Main article' template? The whole purpose of the template is to point out that what follows is a summary of a larger article. There are no summaries at all, and these aspects are simply left out of the article completely. Surely that alone disqualifies this as a good article. Richard001 (talk) 09:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a fair point and it would be helpful to have a paragraph giving an overview of these areas. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 09:20, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added  templates to highlight the problem. If either had a decent lead section (which seem to be getting worse and worse on Wikipedia) summarizing would be relatively easy; I might even attempt it myself if that was the case. Hopefully there is someone here who feels some attachment to or responsibility for the article, otherwise it will be going to GAR in a week or so. Richard001 (talk) 10:44, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article sequestration 

message: utube.com does not point to youtube  munchman | talk; 06:54, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is true, www.utube.com does not redirect to www.youtube.com.  The article does not claim this, although it did say that utube.com is a copycat video sharing site, which is not currently true.  Due to the need to avoid WP:RECENTISM, any statements in the article should be checked to make sure that they are not out of date. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 11:11, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  utube.com 

message: Recently, a video belonging to YouTube user "werneroi" was featured. This video, along with a few others of his, have "interactive" features, which are essentially links to other videos placed on the video window (i.e. "click on this pocket to see a flying credit card" is one). Should something about these be added? 216.236.163.21 (talk) 16:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This seems to be referring to the feature for annotating YouTube videos, which is currently on beta test (see ).  This allows speech bubbles with links to be added to videos.  This may be worth a mention in the article.  There is a demo of the annotations feature at . --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 16:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Interactive" Videos 

message: I just looked up utube.com and found out it is an active address. So I apparently misread something or something...And then I deleted the part that said it was an inactive address. And then I messed it up:(... I then tried to restore it but that didn't work. So don't say I vandalized anything. But can someone fix it? Please?Wikimichael22 (talk) 23:31, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: At the moment www.utube.com is showing a basic placeholder page rather than giving a HTTP 404 error, so it has been described as inactive. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undo 

message: It seems quite recently YouTube modified it's standard Width-to-Height Paramaters slightly.
The width has remained unchanged at 425 px, however the height has been reduced by 11 px from 355 to 344. I can only guess to attain a better  aspect ratio for some or even most videos, it might be trying to have more widescreen-like dimensions, I don't know. And btw, is it worth mentioning that once you embed a YouTube video, as with any other Flash Video site, you can change the dimensions to be whatever you want?
Thanks again,
-Alan 24.184.184.177 (talk) 14:50, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This seems to refer to the dimensions of embedded YouTube videos, which are 425 x 344px by default, although a person with basic knowledge of HTML could change these values.  Since it is a fairly small change, it is not really notable enough for the article. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 16:36, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New parameters 

message: i do think this is a very interesting topic link. I cant find enough information on it though but i do think it deserves inclusion.--86.158.200.43 (talk) 21:50, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  partner videos 

message: The technical details section claims Youtube videos cannot be more than 10 minutes longer. Here is a video that is over 58 minutes long, so that's straightfowardly false. Could a registered user please correct this? If after a certain point in time changes to the site made it impossible to add new longer videos I'd understand, although I'd still thinking a better wording could be suitable. 129.67.53.232 (talk) 22:22, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The statement that uploaded videos are limited to ten minutes is currently correct and verified in the YouTube help section at .  This is what it says:
You can no longer upload videos longer than ten minutes regardless of what type of account you have. Users who had previously been allowed to upload longer content still retain this ability, so you may occasionally see videos that are longer than ten minutes. You can, however, easily change your account type to Director, Comedian, Musician or Guru, which offer a variety of other features like the ability to add a custom logo, tour date information and links to other websites. 
The ten minute limit was introduced during the early history of YouTube in March 2006  because people were uploading hour long TV shows in one chunk. The article is intended to show that the current rules impose a ten minute limit, so it is not strictly misleading.  However, it may be worth mentioning in the article that a longer limit once existed. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:08, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Especially since this limit not only once did not apply, but still does not apply to sufficiently old users! 129.67.53.232 (talk) 07:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: . --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:30, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Limited to ten minutes" 

message: 1$ million a day must be changed to a month!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nunikasi (talk • contribs) 19:16, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The source cited comes from CNN Money in March 2008  and says:However, delivering all those free video clips isn’t cheap. YouTube sends a staggering 1,000 gigabytes of data every second, or nearly 300 billion GBs each month. Several industry insiders estimate that YouTube spends roughly $1 million a day just to pay for the bandwidth to host the videos. By that number, YouTube downloads would account for roughly 3% of Google’s $11.5 billion operating costs for 2007. There have been numerous estimates about the money and bandwidth costs incurred by YouTube, and this citation gives a figure that has been widely quoted.  However, it is only an estimate, as YouTube is quite cagey about discussing its running costs. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:15, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  1$ a Month 

message: YouTube launched YouTube Remixer about a year ago (June 16th or 17th).  I remember the feature going up and briefly playing with it.  It doesn't appear to be available anymore and the article doesn't mention it at all.  Seems like a worthy note, but I can't find anything on the web about where it is now, if/when it was officially removed, etc.
Matthew Meta (talk) 14:57, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See the edit at .  The YouTube Remixer has been unavailable for some time now, and has been removed from the article. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:14, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Mention of YouTube Remixer? 

message: Can anybody update the utube.com part as its active again?greethings82.174.156.239 (talk) 14:07, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The article has been reworded. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 16:35, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  utube.com active again 

message: The logo has been reverted to the previous SVG version.  While this has good quality graphics, it lacks the "Broadcast Yourself" slogan which is the registered trademark of YouTube.  The previous version was added because someone on the talk page said that this should be included.  What is needed is a good quality version which includes the words "Broadcast Yourself." --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A better quality PNG version of the current YouTube logo has been added to the infobox.  As of June 2008, the YouTube logo is usually displayed with the words "Broadcast Yourself" in grey letters underneath, and the article should acknowledge this.  If the SVG version of the logo at  could be edited to include the words "Broadcast Yourself™", it could be used again. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As if it was that necessary to selfishly remove the SVG version, which can be edited using freeware, and get it deleted simply because the slogan was not in the logo. If the slogan was required for your satisfaction, you should have let someone see your message on this Talk Page, before you replaced it just two hours after your complaint. Good job. CoolKid1993 (talk) 19:01, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No need to panic, the SVG version is still available for download here.  It can be edited with the freeware Inkscape or another program from the List of vector graphics editors. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 15:30, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube logo in infobox 

message: I've tried to ask this before until someone deleted my question. Once again, should we mention "YouTube poop" in the article? You know what that is, right? 85.228.148.67 (talk) 21:22, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Talk:YouTube/Archive_5#Youtube_Poop was archived without comment. Any reliable sources discuss it? Gimmetrow 21:37, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This seems to be referring to the website youtubepoop, which is described as "Video Vandalism & Brain Rape Digital Deconstruction".  It offers a collection of links to YouTube videos, but does not seem to be notable enough for the article.  Any further comments are welcome here. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:21, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What I'm referring to are those vids where they mess up a TV-Show episode or movie, repeat or reverse clips, add stuff from Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog or the Legend of Zelda, play sounds faster or slower and sometimes they mess upp the sounds too. THAT'S the youtube poop I'm referring too! 85.228.148.67 (talk) 11:34, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, this is a reference to a mashup, and there are many videos of this kind on YouTube.  People often remix videos so that they say things that were not originally intended, and a well-known example of this is the spoof Hitler: Sheffield United Relegated video which has received a good deal of mainstream media coverage.  This video has run into copyright problems because it contains material from the 2004 film Downfall, and has been removed and re-uploaded on many occasions.  The use of spoof remixes is a feature of YouTube, and maybe the article should mention this. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 12:22, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Okay! Let's try again, shall we? 

message: Remember when all of those family guy, futurama and simpsons videos were deleted? Is that mentioned?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.143.13 (Talk) (talk) 
No - copyrighted videos are deleted all the time. This was nothing special.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.8.250 (talk) 20:56, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The September 2007 copyright clean? 

message: On May 20, Japan's 2nd largest copyright management company, e-License "concluded a comprehensive licensing contract with Google for the use of e-License-managed music on Google's YouTube video-sharing site." 
This is GREAT news!! Can someone place this in  "Recent Events"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.220.88.154 (talk) 03:56, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Licensing deal struck between e-License, Google and Youtube 

message: commecrial advertisement is nolonger banned from what i can tell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdo_wEwBqXo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR71GnQ4CU4
Dragonboyjgh (talk) 02:16, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Commercials are still officially prohibited, although it would be hard to find a well-known television commercial that is not available on YouTube. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:57, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  commercial ads o.k. 

message: I think this article should make some mention of Google's court case with Viacom, which today reached the conclusion that Google must hand over the details of what YouTube users' logs to Viacom so they can determine the scale of copyright infringement there. This decision has been criticised by a number of privacy advocates such as the Electronic Freedom Foundation. Links: BBC, The Guardian, wired.com, EFF. If no one else does so, I will add this to the article myself. Terraxos (talk) 19:54, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This has been added, since it is an important development in the lawsuit. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 20:25, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Viacom court case 

message: This was removed from the article because it is unclear: "Despite of Turkey's rank on the most visited list on Alexa, Turkish version of YouTube didn't launched yet. Telecommunacition ministry of Turkey criticized YouTube for local versions needs to certification of authorizate by the site."
It is true that YouTube does not have a local version in Turkey, but it does not seem to be the result of a disagreement between YouTube and the Turkish government, which would need a reference to a reliable source.  It also seems that YouTube is still being blocked in Turkey at the moment , and if this is wrong the article should be updated. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:35, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As the newslink it writes;
The Ankara’s Prosecutor’s Office has sought to expand the scope of this ban by having a worldwide access ban placed on videos deemed offensive by Turkish authorities. Indeed, a person living in Turkey can access censured sites by changing their computer’s proxy settings. Turkish prosecutors also want videos considered insulting to Atatürk to be erased altogether. In order to do this, they want YouTube to open a representative office in Turkey, obtain a security and authorization certificate, all required licenses and become a taxpayer under Turkish law.OnurTcontribs 11:58, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  This has been added to the article. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 12:45, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube in Turkey 

message: Hi! YouTube project also exists on Wikiversity with a main goal to "hunt down" educational videos on fucking YouTube. Join us on the friendliest Wikimedia server! :)  --Gbaor (talk) 05:26, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube at 'versity 

message: We should put the coding in for the Streams, so people know how to do that. speaking of that we should put a Streams section.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Syntheticalconnections (talk • contribs) 19:40, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coding 

message: is it? 75.201.187.89 (talk) 00:04, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, nobody needs a paying account to upload or view videos. However, it is not clear whether the article should mention this. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:11, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  are uploading videos free? 

message: Here is an odd thing: the all time most viewed chart currently has Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend with more views than Evolution of Dance, but Girlfriend is still in second place.  It has been clear for some time that Girlfriend was going to overtake Evolution, but there has also been controversy about automated viewing by some of Lavigne's fans (see article).  The article should be updated when things become clearer. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 15:15, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The TubeMogul site shows stats graphs of videos. A reference to a statistical review that shows that no autoloader actions are evident in the daily view counts for the video in question should be added. AlpineGZ (talk) 13:23, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a good point.  Girlfriend was briefly denied the top slot  but things have settled down now and YouTube has allowed the number one position to stand.  A look at the TubeMogul stats does not support the theory of an enormous boost for Girlfriend during June and July 2008, so the article has been adjusted. At the risk of being fussy, it is not clear how accurate the stats given by TubeMogul are, but what matters is that YouTube seems happy with Avril Lavigne in the top slot.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 14:21, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube's Most Viewed 

message: The link for "12 languages" in the infobox is spelled as "Localization," when the subheading has been spelled "Localisation." Can someone please spell it with the "Z" in the subheading, as it is an American-based site that uses American English as the default?
68.174.101.64 (talk) 10:10, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 11:34, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  infobox problem 

message: today, autoplay was made available on all YouTube channels. This is a big change because previously it was only available to paid partners.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.206.141.226 (talk) 07:20, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A quick explanation of this. When a video is viewed on YouTube, it should start to play automatically when the page loads.  The channel pages are another matter, and embedded videos usually need to be started manually.  The recent change to autoplay for the channels has puzzled and annoyed some users . At the moment it does not seem to be notable enough to mention in the article, but things may change. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:54, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Update: The change did not last for very long.  YouTube has gone back to the old system, presumably after numerous complaints from users like the one in the link above. I was unable to find any reliable sourcing about this issue, but will keep looking in case it needs mentioning in the article. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 19:14, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Autoplay for all 

message: There's one part in the article that says this:
In June 2008, YouTube started to apply dynamic range compression to the audio tracks of newly uploaded videos. The processing degrades the sound quality by amplifying quieter parts, including background noise, and causing distortion especially noticeable in music recordings; it has been criticized by Wired to "wreak havoc with songs' dynamic range."
This seems to have been fixed a couple or so days ago... if you try uploading any videos now, it doesn't seem to have this problem anymore. So this is a bit outdated. TanookiMario257 (talk) 23:20, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: One of the things that the article should avoid is covering the latest news from blogs etc (see WP:RECENTISM).  The audio quality of YouTube videos is not brilliant, and there have been claims that the sound is overcompressed, eg in the video here. However, since there is a lack of reliable sourcing on this issue, it has been removed from the article for the time being. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:00, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  About the abysmal audio compression 

message: I visited this article hoping to find a solution, and can't.  How do you prevent a link to www.youtube.com from changing to one in your local language?  I live in Japan, and if I type www.youtube.com into my browser, I'm automatically redirected to jp.youtube.com whether I want to go there or not, despite that not being what I typed.  I can't seem to find any way around this, short of actually hopping on a plane out of Japan.  Maybe YouTube senses the user's IP address and redirects automatically?  I can read Japanese well enough, but still, when I want to visit a site, I want that site, not some localized substitute.  Isn't this a serious problem that deserves discussion?  Or is there a simple solution that I'm missing? Heian-794 (talk) 00:05, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: YouTube has changed the system on this recently.  In the top left hand corner of the page, next to the YouTube logo, there are drop down boxes for Set Your Country Content Preference and Set Your Language Preference. The article is not a how to manual, but some people may have been puzzled by this change.  --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forced localization and how to escape it? 

message: The YouTube headquarters photo is outdated. I dropped by there a couple of weeks ago to visit a pal and they are now in this building. I'll try to remember to bring my camera next I'm down there so I can get a shot. William Pietri (talk) 23:57, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for pointing this out. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 11:00, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outdated Building Photo