Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast/Intro/Team AJN

How about a screencast to introduce WikiProject Screencast?

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<silence for title screen> WikiProject Screencast: Helping Wikipedia editors learn how Wikipedia works.
Screencasts: You've probably seen a number of them. They can describe software tools, demonstrate how to build web pages, and more. What you are watching here is a screencast on how to create a screencast with QuickTime. Screen captures of a few screencasts (not specific to Wikimedia)
In this screencast, we want to tell you why we think screencasting could be a very valuable tool for Wikipedia outreach and education.
Screencasting is a new medium. The hardware requirements are minimal: a computer and a good microphone, however there lots of choices for screencasting software ranging from free to expensive and from web-only to desktop programs with extensive functionality. Screen shots of a few tools—tricky to think how to do this while minimizing copyright/trademark concerns
Those unfamiliar with Wikipedia—whether their interest is in reading or contributing -- have all kinds of questions.
  • "Who wrote this thing, anyway?"
  • "Can I use this photo in my report?"
  • "How do I make a table?"
  • "Why did my article get deleted?"

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We have lots of written policies, and other text documentation… Several policy pages
…but as the saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words." Chinese proverb image from 1927 ad (or see A picture is worth a thousand words)[1]
How many words could a screencast be worth? 10,000?
1,000,000?
92,674,395,332.0007??!
Let's figure out how to show new contributors how we work, instead of telling them. We're just getting started…
WikiProject Screencast. Let's make Wikipedia the online encyclopedia that anyone can truly edit! …and we hope you'll join us.
Join the discussion, or just be bold and make a screencast about a part of Wikipedia! Discuss: [[WT:SCREENCAST]]
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Get started: [[WP:SCREENCAST/START]]

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  1. ^ Seems likely this is in the public domain, but how to establish this? Quiddity asked at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions#1927 Advertisement