Can it be sharded via a link? Just a thought
I don't think that's the point, there are different ways to share a video. It's HOW one shares a video. Note the posting guidelines above from Landru. User Judgywudgy pretty much says he was violating most of the guidelines for videos:
judgywudgy: "I did ask for the video to be debunked- that's the whole video- there's an awful lot to go through, it's simpler to just watch the video than write a list of all the points- that's why we have videos."
He's saying he didn't provide time stamps, or an adequate description of the specific claim made in the video that he wants debunked. Rather, he expected us to watch through the entire video and make our own list of all the points, something he says there is a lot of, then provide him with what seem like point by point debunks.
That's not how it works here. One cannot make unsubstituted claims, one must provide sourced evidence for they're claims. Or when providing claims, they are thoroughly explained with the relevant evidence, one cannot ask the other members to do their work for them.
If the video was making multiple unrelated or semi-related claims, they are usually split into multiple threads. For example, many long UFO YouTube videos are collections of various cases like Roswell, Scirocco the Pheonix lights and so on. Each case would have its own thread, not one big thread about one long video.
If the video is one central claim, with supporting evidence, then it is the job of the member originating the post to give a detailed description of the claim and the evidence AND provide time stamps at the very least for each bit of information. It's NOT the job of the other members to watch through a video and try to decipher what the originating poster was after.
In addition to time stamps, many YouTube videos have Closed Caption and transcripts, so actual quotes can be used instead of going back and forth in a video.
When in doubt, one should read the posting guidelines and ask if they are violating any of them. If it's unclear, then ask a mod, but remember, the mods are volunteers, so they may take a bit to answer a question depending on who's doing what. One can also ask various members with the PM feature. Most regulars are willing to help. Click on a member's name and one gets an option to start a PM.
Thanks .
