Q: Aren't there claims online of a video that was uploaded before "Me at the zoo"?
A: These are most likely hoaxes that should not be believed. If you bring up such claims to the talk page, make sure you have reliable sources to back them up. Posts/videos on social media platforms such as Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube itself are not considered reliable due to their self-published nature. An exception to this rule is if the original poster is proven to be an expert in their relevant field.
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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim has updated the description of his video "Me at the zoo" on multiple occasions to criticize the website's business decisions?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
LunaEclipse, concerns have been raised over the copyright status of the video and as it was the lead hook, I've pulled it from queue. It needs to be promoted again, but can't include the video, unless we come to the conclusion that the license is ok after all. Schwede6622:45, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I won't use that image per WP:DYKIMG. Just noting here that, while the hook should technically have an end-of-sentence citation, ALT0 is clearly a summary of the rest of that paragraph and the alternative's potentially a {{clump}}, so I'm minded to IAR - but is there a source available?--Launchballer18:26, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Launchballer, Davest3r08, LunaEclipse, and Schwede66: I've removed this from the queue again, as it doesn't look like the issue of the video's copyright has been resolved yet. I think before this runs, we need to either (a) remove the video from the article, or (b) ascertain that there's a consensus somewhere that its copyright status is valid. As far as I could tell from the discussion last time, we were minded to reject the video's certification given that Lapitsky recorded it, not Karim. I'd think without definitive knowledge that Lapitsky's intention was to release it under that licence, and with it not even being under that licence any more anyway, this is pretty dubious... — Amakuru (talk) 20:11, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wish you the very best of much-needed luck at WT:DYK if you wish to go down that avenue. For now, let's get this back into Approved. I recommend promoting this no earlier than prep 4 just in case the Commons discussion returns a 'keep' vote, so that the video can be substituted back in.--Launchballer18:58, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The video is not freely licensed. Per the DYK discussion above, it was released by Karim under the CC licence at one point in the past, but he isn't obviously the copyright holder. It was filmed by his friend Yakov Lapitsky and, unless it was explicitly released to Karim in some way, it isn't the latter's video to release. (It's also no longer under the CC licence incidentally). I've reverted back to the fair-use thumbnail for the time being. — Amakuru (talk) 20:10, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They're only irrevocable if the person who released them under that licence was the actual copyright holder. In this case it doesn't seem that he was. A release by Yakov Lapitsky is required, the one by Karim in his YouTube is channel is irrelevant. — Amakuru (talk) 14:24, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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TrademarkedTWOrantula, I saw on the GOCE requests page that you are open to feedback. I didn't notice any particular trends in errors but I am happy to explain anything if you have questions. I did change a number of sentences from passive to active voice. Passive voice isn't incorrect, per se, but active voice is often clearer and easier to read, especially when talking about something concrete like who recorded a video. SilkPyjamas (talk) 17:02, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Davest3r08: Everything checks out here. Just waiting on the one QPQ. Nice work! 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 16:04, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Good to go! 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 01:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
